NYC woman struck by parents’ headstone in cemetery, suit claims

A mourner found herself in a grave situation when her parents’ headstone fell on her.

Jasmine Velazquez, 42, of the Bronx, was at Oakland Cemetery in Yonkers when the heavy slab toppled, crushing two bones in her ankle and one of her toes, according to a lawsuit.

Velazquez claims the August incident left her injured and “bedridden … for a great length of time,” according to the Bronx Supreme Court papers.

She’s suing the cemetery, the city of Yonkers and the company which made the headstone for negligence and unspecified damages.

Velazquez hasn’t been back to the cemetery since, her lawyer, Mike Rubin, said.

“I don’t know if scared is the right word, but she’s staying away from there for now,” Rubin said.

J.C.Rice

J.C.Rice

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Last year, a mother was killed when a massive gravestone fell on her at Baron Hirsch Cemetery in a Staten Island.

Elvira Navarro, 53, later died and her family sued the Baron Hirsch Cemetery Association in February.