But I think he was dead when put into it. Good rigor, marvellous bit when they cut his trouser pocket open in close-up to get a stash of bullets out of it - then they more or less drop him on his head grtting him into the ambulance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=h4RLnJQyFDk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=h4RLnJQyFDk