Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade said that officers responded to a call about an accident at about 10:30 a.m. on Monday to ...

"It appeared to be some type of malfunction with his dump truck," Wade said, adding it was a "horrific situation." ...

A Mississippi man was fatally “buried” alive under “hot asphalt” after his truck malfunctioned and released the smoldering ...

A Mississippi man died Monday morning when a malfunction caused hot asphalt from a dump truck to fall on top of him.

A Mississippi man died in a horrific, freak accident this week after being buried alive in hot asphalt while attempting to ...

A US man died in a horror workplace accident after he was buried beneath a load of hot asphalt at a site in Jackson, Mississippi. Darrell Sheriff died when the tailgate of the dumptruck he was working ...

Police in Mississippi’s capital say a man has died after he was trying to repair a dump truck and asphalt poured onto him.

Darrell Sherriff, 41, was killed when a load of asphalt was dumped on him as he worked on a truck, as the tailgate suddenly opened and buried him in Jackson, Mississippi ...

Jackson Police Chief Wade said they received a call at 10:30 a.m. on Monday. He described the scene as "horrific".

Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade said a man died Monday after hot asphalt poured on top of the man at a worksite. The ...

"It appears to be an accidental death at this particular time," Jackson Police Department said of the Monday, Nov. 4 tragedy ...

Darrell Sheriff was underneath a dump truck working on a hydraulic line when the tailgate opened and asphalt fell on him, ...