The rental truck company U-Haul said they are issuing a lifetime ban to the Brooklyn funeral home that was recorded in a viral video storing dozens of corpses in its trucks.
U-Haul said in a statement this week that they have issued a lifetime ban against Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Services after a video surfaced of several bodies being placed in U-Haul trucks. The trucks are currently being decommissioned so they can be brought in for deep cleaning as reported by the New York Post.
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“This is a wrongful, egregious and inhumane use of our equipment. Our trucks are designed for household moves. Properly caring for the remains of people’s loved ones requires vehicles suited specifically for that purpose. Our trucks absolutely cannot be rented for this reason.”
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New York State health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said in a statement Thursday that the Brooklyn funeral home is facing possible fines and suspensions after the video surfaced on social media:
“We have issued guidance out to all funeral homes that we will not tolerate any of that kind of behavior,”