SANDSTROMJM
06-17-2003, 12:27 PM
POSTED: 8:05 a.m. EDT June 17, 2003
BRISBANE, Australia -- An Australian man sleeping in an industrial waste bin has survived being crushed twice by a garbage truck's compactor.
A hospital spokesman says the man is being tested for internal injuries.
Paul Haslam, manager of the Collex Queensland waste collection company, says the 30-year old man had been sleeping in a waste bin in the northern city of Brisbane when the truck picked it up on its early morning rounds.
Haslam says the driver drove off and compacted the bin's contents twice when he heard a "muffled scream."
The driver went to a nearby fire station where officers raised a ladder, rescued the man and took him to hospital.
Haslam says it's not uncommon for garbage collectors to find people in industrial bins.
Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
BRISBANE, Australia -- An Australian man sleeping in an industrial waste bin has survived being crushed twice by a garbage truck's compactor.
A hospital spokesman says the man is being tested for internal injuries.
Paul Haslam, manager of the Collex Queensland waste collection company, says the 30-year old man had been sleeping in a waste bin in the northern city of Brisbane when the truck picked it up on its early morning rounds.
Haslam says the driver drove off and compacted the bin's contents twice when he heard a "muffled scream."
The driver went to a nearby fire station where officers raised a ladder, rescued the man and took him to hospital.
Haslam says it's not uncommon for garbage collectors to find people in industrial bins.
Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.