QUITO: An elderly Ecuadorian woman who woke up inside a coffin at her own wake — sparking a viral video, of course — is now dead for real, authorities said on Sunday.

A video posted on social media last week shows Bella Montoya, 76, in her open coffin breathing heavily while two men assist her. Her son Gilbert Barbera said she had been banging on the inside of the casket, desperate to get out as her relatives mourned her.

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