Sudden death case in tent set up at national highway rest stop reversed: 70-year-old woman died of psychogenic shock due to COVID-19 infection

The case of a woman who used a national highway rest stop as a camping ground and pitched a tent in a parking space for the night collapsed and died unexpectedly. The outside world originally thought that she was trapped and suffocated due to the collapse of the tent frame. Prosecutors confirmed the cause of death yesterday and found that the 70-year-old woman died suddenly of cardiogenic shock caused by the Wuhan pneumonia in China.

The prosecutors reviewed the CCTV footage from the National 3 Dongshan Service Area and found that the woman drove alone and arrived at around 7pm three days ago. After parking her car, she first walked around the store, then took out a folding chair from the car and set up a tent neatly on the ground in front of the car to spend the night. Unexpectedly, at 4:10 a.m. the next day, the tent suddenly shook violently, collapsed, and then stood still. The whole case was not exposed until yesterday afternoon when employees in the service area smelled a strange smell and noticed something strange during inspection.

The collapsed cloth tightly wrapped the body. It was widely rumored that the woman died of suffocation due to a broken bracket. However, the police believed that there was not much influence from external force and initially ruled out the possibility of homicide.

The prosecutor conducted an in-depth examination and read the medical records of the deceased. The case turned around and it was confirmed that the woman had been infected for a long time. She suffered a sudden cardiac shock and fell to the ground in the tent in the early morning. The tent support was torn apart while lying violently. The police filtered the entire video and confirmed that no one came near from the time the tent was set up to the time it was discovered, completely ruling out homicide or outside intervention.

The grief-stricken family members rushed to Tainan to identify him, and had no objection to the dramatic reversal of the cause of death determined by the examination. The family members said that the woman usually loved outdoor activities and often drove alone to go camping. However, she did not disclose her whereabouts before going out this time. The family had no idea why she chose to camp in the national highway service area.