Man rescued alive from garbage truck after passer-by hears screams from inside
A garbage truck had already picked up its first load of the morning and compacted the rubbish inside. Then someone walking nearby heard screaming. The passer-by flagged down the driver of the Recology truck in San Francisco and told him that someone appeared to be yelling from inside. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click here. The driver stopped the…
A man survived being trapped inside a garbage truck for eight hours in San Francisco's downtown area. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. on Wednesday when a passer-by heard cries for help coming from inside a dumpster. The individual alerted the garbage truck driver, who promptly stopped the vehicle. The driver heard the cries as well, and about 25 firefighters arrived on the scene to begin a manual rescue operation, removing the compressed rubbish by hand.
The man was completely buried under the debris, but he managed to survive the ordeal thanks to the quick actions of the passer-by and the firefighters.
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