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OSTRÓW LUBELSKI, POLAND — A Polish woman who had been pronounced dead by a doctor woke up hours later in a morgue and asked for a cup of tea.

According to a doctor, 91-year old Janina Kolkiewicz showed “no life functions” after relatives called for medical help. Kolkiewicz was taken to the morgue in a body bag.

Shortly before midnight, an employee saw the bag moving. When he opened it, Kolkiewicz sat up, complained of being cold, and asked for a cup of hot tea.

Paramedics pronounced Kolkiewicz okay. She was taken home and is in good health. Her family is taking steps to void her death certificate and have her pension benefits restored.

Local prosecutors are looking into the doctor’s initial misdiagnosis.

UNIONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA — A local woman being cited for public drunkenness faces additional charges after she accidentally dropped a bag of crack cocaine on the floor of the police station.

Police said Savannah Turachak, 23, had been brought to the station and patted down for weapons, but was not otherwise searched. She was cited on the drunkenness charge and released, but immediately returned to complain of being harassed outside the station.

Surveillance video shows the bag of drugs falling out of her clothes and shows Turachak lunging to retrieve it. She gave up and hurriedly departed when more people entered the station.

Turachak was charged with drug possession based on the surveillance video.

BRUGES, BELGIUM — Frustrated that the city’s medieval cobblestone streets are constantly backed up by beer trucks, the City of Bruges announced plans to build an underground beer pipeline capable of carrying 1,500 gallons per hour. The pipeline is expected to remove about 500 beer trucks from the city streets.

The pipeline will begin at the historic De Halve Maan brewery and end at its bottling plant on the edge of town. The beer will make the journey of two-plus miles in about 10 minutes.

A spokesman said there is much talk locally about surreptitiously tapping into the pipeline, but officials aren’t worried. The pipeline will be monitored electronically for leaks and illegal tapping points.

The pipeline is a city project, but the brewery will pick up the tab.