‘Dead’ man in India comes alive moments before autopsy

An Indian man severely injured in a motorcycle crash was found moving on an autopsy table just before doctors prepared to open him up, a health official said yesterday. The 27-year-old from Mahalingapur town in the southern state of Karnataka was brought to a private hospital in a critical condition on the weekend, where doctors declared him dead and took him off a ventilator. His family then moved him to a nearby government hospital where he was to undergo a post-mortem examination on Monday. Relatives told local media a pathologist saw the body move as it lay on the autopsy table. A government health officer confirmed the incident and told AFP the injured man was then immediately admitted to another hospital, where his condition was improving.