In all of Fire Chief John Brown’s years serving Jackson, he said this incident was a first. “I’ve been associated with the fire department for 40 years. We’ve never had a situation like this come up,” ...

A homeless Alabama man apparently trying to stay warm miraculously survived being emptied into the mouth of a garbage truck after he took an ill-timed snooze in a dumpster. A garbage truck driver was ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Missoula Fire Department was dispatched at 11:09 a.m. Tuesday to a report of a Republic Services garbage truck on fire at Waverly Street and Cooper Street in Missoula. Officials ...

A sanitation worked stepped out to empty a dumpster into his garbage truck on Lake Avenue in Metairie early Thursday morning when he overheard the sounds of someone screaming and banging. Firefighters ...

SAN ANTONIO — A 15-year-old girl is dead and police are investigating the circumstances that led to her apparently being run over by a commercial trash collection truck. Investigators have said video ...

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — An 81-year-old woman has died after she was hit by a garbage truck in Palm Beach Gardens earlier this week, police said. The woman was hit by a Waste Management truck ...

LA VERNE, Calif. (KABC) -- A young entrepreneur with autism is successfully turning one of his passions into a profitable neighborhood business. When David Nguyen of La Verne couldn't find a job, his ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - A tragic incident occurred on Tuesday morning when a city trash truck emptied a dumpster with a man sleeping inside of it, according to the Tucson Police Department. The man, ...

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — An elderly woman was critically injured after getting hit by a garbage truck in a Palm Beach Gardens neighborhood Tuesday morning. The incident occurred near the ...

(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccurate headline.) An 81-year-old Palm Beach Gardens woman has died from injuries she sustained when a sanitation truck hit her while ...

MERIDEN, Kan. (WIBW) - Two people were transported to a Topeka hospital -- one with serious injuries -- after a sport utility vehicle and a trash truck collided Tuesday afternoon in Jefferson County, ...

A young entrepreneur with autism is successfully turning one of his passions into a profitable neighborhood business. When David Nguyen of La Verne couldn't find a job, his father said he revisited ...