Philadelphia homeless man crushed in trash truck

Associated Press ^ | Oct. 22, 2009

[Free ThinkerNY]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police in Philadelphia say a homeless man sleeping in a trash bin wound up in the back of a garbage truck and was killed by the vehicle's compactor.

Investigators say the truck collected the contents of the trash bin at about 4 a.m. Wednesday in North Philadelphia. The truck's driver activated the compactor a little later.

Police say the driver told officers he thought he heard someone say, "Yo! Yo! Yo!" but did not know where the voice was coming from. He heard the cry again, fainter, at his next stop and alerted authorities.

[pillut48]

OBAMA'S FAULT!!

He promised EVERYONE a house, free mortgage, bills paid!! How was this man missed and having to sleep in a dumpster to survive?!? I demand an investigation! Where was his portion of the stimulus funds?!? This is an outrage, an OUTRAGE!!!

/sarc

[Paladin2]

Ban garbage trucks - they are worse than guns.

[ClearCase_guy]

Obama’s fault!

[catbertz]

Normally I might laugh at this, but today I’m feeling emo, so I feel sad :(

[dfwgator]

And not to mention how bad the garbage truck driver must feel about this. Nope, there really isn’t anything to laugh at here.

[3rd of the 12 CAV]

Perhaps “Help Help” instead of “Yo Yo” could have had a better outcome

[Callahan]

Enough of this garbage. I really wish people would stop posting trashy stories to FR.

[dfwgator]

Well perhaps not sleeping in a garbage bin in the first place could have had a better outcome.

It really begs the question, how could a person piss off everybody that could have been in a position to help them so much, that their only choice was to sleep in a dumpster?

[NativeSon]

Death like this should be reserved for the truly wicked.... may this man find mercy and peace

[Since 2009-07-21]

Wow - the death of a human being is hilarious, eh?


Apparently. Disgusting.

[Callahan]

In related news, ACORN announced they were discontinuing their “Work From Home Wednesdays” policy.

[Williams]

Very sad.

[Lazamataz]

Normally I might laugh at this, but today I’m feeling emo, so I feel sad :(

[Dewey Revoltnow]

This is sad.

[Mount Athos]

seeing someone laugh at it is more sick than the story itself

[PallMal]

he heard someone say, "Yo! Yo! Yo!"

This guy didn't have the brains to yell "Help, I'm being crushed!" or something other than "homeboy", street language?

[PallMal]

he heard someone say, "Yo! Yo! Yo!"

This guy didn't have the brains to yell "Help, I'm being crushed!" or something other than "homeboy", street language?

[dfwgator]

This guy didn't have the brains to yell "Help, I'm being crushed!" or something other than "homeboy", street language?

Odds are the poor guy was probably still drunk or badly hungover at the time.

[BertWheeler]

Bummer.

[Kartographer]

Clearly we need more regulation of trash truck and posible a ‘Trash Truck Czar’.

[reagan_fanatic]

Poor man. What a horrible way to die.

[netmilsmom]

How horrible.
I can’t even imagine a death like this.

These things are not quick. *shiver*

[Cailleach]

prayers for the homeless man, and for the trashmen, they must be going through hell right now.

[fungoking]

You know some ambulance chaser is going to sue the trash company for this death. ....paging John Edwards, I hear you have some time on your hands.

[SengirV]

Too much celebrating last night I guess.

[DemforBush]

This is, unfortunately, not all that uncommon. I’ve heard of at least a half-dozen similar cases over the years. Most of the incidents happened in cold weather months like this case. The dumpsters provide shelter from the worst of the elements, and give homeless guys a place that the police can’t easily spot them. Terribly dangerous and foolish thing to do, of course. But it happens.

[T Minus Four]

Yo! Yo! Yo!

WHAT? Is this the extent of common vocabulary now days? How about, "HELP I'M IN THE BACK OF THE TRASH TRUCK!!" screamed at the top of ones lungs repeatedly!

[T Minus Four]

Now that I go back and read your post, I see I’m not the only one who thought this.

Sadness.

[BP2]

This is, unfortunately, not all that uncommon. I’ve heard of at least a half-dozen similar cases over the years.

Yes, it happens more often than you may know. Growing up in Chicago, we'd hear about it once or twice a month.

Falling asleep in a dumpster and being crushed by the compactor is a bum's worst fear — other than, of course,
being SMACKED in the head by a roll of quarters.

[Lady Jag]

[yorkie]

Tee hee! The red pick-up somehow looks familiar.........

[Lady Jag]

[Izzy Dunne]

Wow - the mods really hacked up this thread.

By removing my comment (#8) but leaving my name on all those who replied to it, and leaving the partial quote of it in #14, it makes it look like I was laughing at the death of this man.

For the record, I wasn't.

[ConservativeMan55]

bump