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Sleeping Man Gets Trapped in Garbage Truck
Merritt Island Fl. (Jan. 2) - A man who awoke inside a garbage truck that was about to compact its load was rescued after making a frantic cell phone call to police, authorities say.
The man, who is displaced but not homeless, was scavenging for bottles when he fell asleep in a garbage truck docked at Harbour Town, said police Lt. Mike Pousak. He awoke when a container was unloaded into a truck.
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He told police he didn't know which truck he was in but gave a dispatcher the location of the Dumpster he fell asleep in, Pousak said.
He had tried yelling for help but no one heard him, due to the obnoxious noise the trucks engines made. Dock neighbors often complain of the noise.
Police soon lost contact with the man when his cell phone battery became dislodged, Pousak said. Police checked several trucks, including one in a parking lot.
"An officer went and pounded on the side of the truck and somebody pounded back," Pousak said.
The man appeared to be unhurt except for a scratch, Pousak said. The man was found with a Hatteras golf shirt and Hatteras wind breaker on. He remains unidentified but kept saying something about freeing some type of bird.
"If I was him I would go to church and play the lottery because today was his lucky day," the police officer said.
01/02/07 16:56 EST
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. Active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
Merritt Island Fl. (Jan. 2) - A man who awoke inside a garbage truck that was about to compact its load was rescued after making a frantic cell phone call to police, authorities say.
The man, who is displaced but not homeless, was scavenging for bottles when he fell asleep in a garbage truck docked at Harbour Town, said police Lt. Mike Pousak. He awoke when a container was unloaded into a truck.
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He told police he didn't know which truck he was in but gave a dispatcher the location of the Dumpster he fell asleep in, Pousak said.
He had tried yelling for help but no one heard him, due to the obnoxious noise the trucks engines made. Dock neighbors often complain of the noise.
Police soon lost contact with the man when his cell phone battery became dislodged, Pousak said. Police checked several trucks, including one in a parking lot.
"An officer went and pounded on the side of the truck and somebody pounded back," Pousak said.
The man appeared to be unhurt except for a scratch, Pousak said. The man was found with a Hatteras golf shirt and Hatteras wind breaker on. He remains unidentified but kept saying something about freeing some type of bird.
"If I was him I would go to church and play the lottery because today was his lucky day," the police officer said.
01/02/07 16:56 EST
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. Active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
