Little Girl Causes Stir After She Arrives School Event In Coffin, Leaves Classmates In Total Shock [Photo]

A high school student who wants to be a funeral director surprised her classmates by arriving at her prom in an open coffin.

The young girl, Megan Flaherty, shocked friends when she turned up at her school, Pennsauken High School's junior prom on Saturday in the back of a hearse.

The 17-year-old girl lay flat on her back in a navy gown in the prop coffin, which slid out of the back of the vehicle.

Her dramatic arrival prompted outrage from some critics, who branded her actions "distasteful"