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Driver rescues man who was being compressed in the back of a garbage truck

Driver rescues man who was being compressed in the back of a garbage truck
from the air. It was hard to tell what was inside the dump truck below. On route nine, a closer look shows a man being rescued from inside the main been after suffering severe internal injuries when he was compressed in the garbage truck process, police asked him how he ended up in the dumpster before it was picked up and dumped into this Blue Republic truck. He was going into the dumpster at the location he was last at to retrieve an item he dropped in there. If it wasn't for an alert driver who saw the on board camera feed, police believe he would have continued to be compressed with the remaining trash pickups. They have a live feed that looks from the top of the truck into the hopper so they can monitor what goes on inside that upper and that's when you notice it. It still took E. M. T. S. Time to get the man out of the truck with the basket. He was eventually airlifted to a boston hospital. This was a first For a 28 year police veteran, something like in the movies, you know where someone's inside of a a dumpster and truck comes and picks up the dumpster and dumps the person into the back of their truck. So, like I said, it's something you see more of a movie than you would in real life. But today it happens And we are told tonight that unidentified 38 year old man is expected to survive.
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Driver rescues man who was being compressed in the back of a garbage truck
A man was rescued Friday after being compressed in the back of a garbage truck.According to police, the driver of the garbage truck noticed something moving on the cameras in the back as he drove down. That's when he stopped and called police. The man in the back of the truck told police and the driver that he had somehow fallen into a dumpster that then got picked up and dumped into the truck, police said."He was going into the dumpster at the location (the driver) was last at to retrieve an item he dropped in there. That is the story we were able to get," said Sean Riley, deputy police chief in Framingham, Massachusetts. The man suffered compression injuries and cuts after having been apparently compacted among the trash, police said. "The driver pulled over immediately when he discovered what happened," Riley said.The 38-year-old man was flown to a hospital by a medical rescue helicopter after the 11:30 a.m. incident, Riley said.He is expected to survive.

A man was rescued Friday after being compressed in the back of a garbage truck.

According to police, the driver of the garbage truck noticed something moving on the cameras in the back as he drove down. That's when he stopped and called police.

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The man in the back of the truck told police and the driver that he had somehow fallen into a dumpster that then got picked up and dumped into the truck, police said.

"He was going into the dumpster at the location (the driver) was last at to retrieve an item he dropped in there. That is the story we were able to get," said Sean Riley, deputy police chief in Framingham, Massachusetts.

The man suffered compression injuries and cuts after having been apparently compacted among the trash, police said.

"The driver pulled over immediately when he discovered what happened," Riley said.

The 38-year-old man was flown to a hospital by a medical rescue helicopter after the 11:30 a.m. incident, Riley said.

He is expected to survive.