Man ‘sleeping’ in garbage bin found dead in waste truck

October 12, 2009 07:30 pm | Updated October 16, 2009 06:59 pm IST - BILLINGS, Montana

A man who may have been using a large garbage bin as shelter from the cold was apparently crushed when the bin was emptied, Police in the United States said. The man’s body was found in a city waste truck at 6:30 a.m. Saturday.

Billings police Sgt. Jay Berry said the victim was found “partially in a sleeping bag” and may have been using the garbage bin as shelter.

Yellowstone County Deputy Coroner Chad Fehr says the man died of blunt force injuries to the chest and that his death has been ruled accidental. Berry says the man’s injuries are consistent with the operation of a garbage truck.

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