Reports: Canadian family drove home from Florida with dead father in backseat

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Reports: Canadian family drove home from Florida with dead father in backseat
KCCI Updated: 3:59 AM CDT Apr 10, 2019
Kate Malongowski


A Canadian family’s trip to Florida ended tragically after an 87-year-old man died of an apparent heart attack during the drive home.

Fernand Drapeau’s wife and 60-year-old son had decided to continue driving with his body back to Canada to avoid costly fees from the U.S. health care system, the Vancouver Sun reported.

Drapeau’s body was discovered in the backseat by agents along the U.S.-Canada border March 31 after being stopped and searched before driving into the country.

Authorities believe Drapeau had been dead for at least two days before he was discovered, CTV News reported.

Canadians run the risk of costly healthcare bills if they happen to need medical care while visiting the states if they're without travelers insurance.

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https://www.kcci.com/article/reports-canadian-family-drove-home-from-florida-with-dead-relative/27092960

[Dennis Donovan]

1. "The patriarch, Clark Griswold, offered only, 'No comment, and don't ask about the dog...'"

[spanone]

12. Tragic

[manor321]

2. It's so very sad. I can't imagine how terrible this was for them.

[mcar]

3. Little Miss Sunshine

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. National Lampoon's Vacation/Little Miss Sunshine come to life. nt

[Scurrilous]

5. Holiday Road!

[Wounded Bear]

6. So, Florida Man Syndrome is contagious?

[Me.]

7. So ....What...

Did he need medical help and they ignored his need so he dies and they continued to drive him home?

[lpbk2713]

8. Ma Joad said to keep on driving.

Don't let the Agriculture Inspectors get nosy.

[mountain grammy]

9. Probably would have cost them a few thousand dollars

just to have him declared dead.. then, maybe a coronor and funeral home. How sad.

[malaise]

11. One of my cousins and her husband were actually vacationing in Canada

when she fell ill. These were not poor hungry people - they were both lawyers but she insisted on heading back to New York - she had excellent US coverage. She reached home and was dead in hours - of a heart attack. She was in her mid sixties.

[SoCalNative]

13. And if anything like the US

there is likely a repatriation fee in order to have the body delivered back to the home country.

[Hekate]

10. I swear, this is uncannily like the plot of an urban legend I read years ago.

[renate]

14. that is so, so, so sad

I can't imagine the trauma. It's just so heartbreaking.