Friday, April 12, 2013

1 killed, 1 hurt when Dumpster lifted into Terre Haute trash truck

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - A man was killed and another person was injured as they slept in a Dumpster that was picked up and crushed by a trash truck early Thursday morning.
Terre Haute police told WTWO-TV that the driver picked up the Dumpster on Locust Street and that he heard screaming and stopped the truck at 7th Street and Wabash Avenue, outside a Hilton Garden Inn.
The driver then found two people in the Dumpster.
Police said one person was pronounced dead and the other was flown to an Indianapolis hospital suffering from severe injuries.
The names of the victims were not released.
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