Man Hurt When Compacted in Garbage Truck
OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) - A Nebraska man was hospitalized on Tuesday after
being trapped in a city garbage truck where he was compacted along with
several loads of trash.
It took firefighters about an hour to dig the man out from the tightly
compressed refuse packed into the hopper of the garbage truck, Omaha Fire
Department spokesman Craig Schneider said.
Keith Quick, 28, apparently had been sleeping in a local dumpster when the
city trash truck came by early on Monday morning. After emptying the
dumpster into his truck, the garbage truck driver continued on his route
unaware that anything was amiss, Schneider said.
It was not until several stops and several loads of trash later that the
truck driver heard Quick calling for help. By that time he had been
compacted "two or three times,'' Schneider said.
Quick suffered multiple fractures but was listed in fair condition at the
Nebraska Health System University Hospital, a spokeswoman there said.
"We're not sure how long he'd been in the truck or how many times he'd been
compacted. He is pretty lucky,'' Schneider said.
Thanks to Andy Aiken for this story.
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