An Oregon man survived an ordeal that could only be described as a real-life nightmare. Mendez Perez, 23, was sleeping in a dumpster when it was picked up and emptied into a garbage truck. Perez, ...

COLUMBIA - Columbia residents have the chance to share their opinion on a proposed trash compactor on Hitt Street in downtown Columbia. Columbia Solid Waste Utility will host a public meeting at 5 p.m ...

WEBVTT THE GUY INSIDE AND THAT TRUCK DRIVER ARE VERY LUCKY. >> I HEARD HIM SCREAM. I SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING IN THE TRUCK, AND KEPT QUIET BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT HEAR OR SOMEONE WAS SCREAMING FROM. I ...

What started out as routine trash pickup Monday in Rock Hill turned into screams after a city worker found a woman inside a truck’s compactor, officials said. A city worker in a sanitation truck ...

The Hammond Police Department is investigating the death of a man found in a garbage truck Jan. 11.According to police, 42-year-old Jermaine Watts was found in the mechanical portion of the garbage ...