i l l m a t i c Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - A homeless man who fell asleep in a commercial trash bin was dumped into the back of a garbage truck Friday and compacted - but escaped serious injury, officials said. ``It's really quite miraculous the guy got out without serious injury,'' said Bryan Weinert, program director for Ann Arbor's solid waste department. Weinert said there is a large, dull steel blade that pushes the waste against the wall of the truck to maximize space. He said a person could be protected by trash that is hard to compact. Lt. Scott Robertson of the Ann Arbor fire department said he did not know how much of the compacting process was completed before the man was discovered. ``Just being in the Dumpster and being dumped would have been a heck of a ride, let alone being compacted,'' Robertson told The Ann Arbor News. He said firefighters got on top of the garbage truck and were able to get the man out. The man was in a container behind a bar and grill when he was picked up. http://www.mlive.com/aanews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 todays lesson: don't sleep in the dumpster the night before trash day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotica Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Reminds me of two things. "Squish" - Duke Nukem 3d. And Shredder in the first Ninja Turtles movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucandrake Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Hhats with this tragedy's happenning this days, I can't go into current affairs without seeinf a "Holy crap, this guy just almost died" thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverlordMondo Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 State of the world today man... Sad. But not sad enough for me to do anything about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeval Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Damn, at least he survived. Probably pretty shook up though. I don't know if this counts as a "State of the world" tragedy though. This one's more like a freak accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverlordMondo Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Well, the dude was sleeping in a trash can... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cominus Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 I thought there was a way of telling whether or not there was a person in the dumpster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 I thought there was a way of telling whether or not there was a person in the dumpster.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>No, I don't think dumpsters are that advanced yet. And I don't think any garbage workers get off the truck to see if anyone is inside since they have those massive hooks to lift it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeval Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Well, the dude was sleeping in a trash can...<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good point... I guess I took it for granted that the unfortunate sleep in dumpsters these days. I guess THAT'S a pretty good sign of the state of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Homeless people here don't really sleep in dumpsters. They usually sleep in apartments that were built for homeless people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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