Man killed after waste container he was sleeping in was emptied into bin lorry
Two men had been in the container outside a shopping centre on Long Island, New York, on Thursday, police said.
Friday 30 May 2025 12:16, UK
A man has been killed and another was injured in the US after a waste container they were sleeping in was emptied into a bin lorry.
The two men had been in the large bin outside a shopping centre on Long Island in New York on Thursday, according to Suffolk County police.
Someone spotted a person inside the back of the lorry when the truck stopped outside a school nearly six miles away around 6.30am.
The person was removed and taken to hospital to be treated for a leg injury.
The other man was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Police said the medical examiner's office will establish the cause of death, but they do not believe the man was dead before he ended up in the lorry.
Officers did not identify either man, but said they were believed to have both been sleeping in the container at the time.
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School officials sent a message to parents to reassure them that the emergency response at the school was "completely unrelated" to the school, adding there was no threat to students or staff and classes were operating as normal.