Family of boy, four, crushed to death at cemetery speak out over 'freak accident'

The family of a four-year-old who was crushed by a falling gravestone at a cemetery have spoken out.

Eli Testa died when the cross on top of a gravestone collapsed on him on July 5.

He was rushed to hospital but could not be saved.

Earlier this year, a coroner said Eli's suspected cause of death was a traumatic head injury.

Now, his parents are calling for upright grave markers to be banned in a bid to save other families the heartbreak they have suffered.

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They want gravestones in cemeteries across the UK to be laid flat and secured to the ground, Mirror reports.

The family are also calling for mandatory regular checks on gravestones.

A petition on UK Parliament has already received more than 900 signa