Man sleeping in dumpster injured after landing in trash truck
A man reportedly sleeping in a dumpster in south Wichita was injured when he was loaded into a trash truck Wednesday morning.
The call came in at 7:45 a.m. from the Willows Apartments, near Pawnee and Hillside, according to a 911 dispatch supervisor.
The man, who was transported for medical care, may have suffered a broken leg in the ordeal, according to scanner traffic.
EXTRICATION CALL | 2510 E Pawnee Ave | Subj sleeping in a dumpster was dumped into a garbage truck | Heavy Rescue 4 responding | BAT2 I/C |
— WichitaFire.org (@wichitafireorg) July 5, 2017
UPDATE | EMS has upgraded patient to Code Yellow | https://t.co/WrgCMvuicw
— WichitaFire.org (@wichitafireorg) July 5, 2017
Bryan Horwath: 316-269-6708, @bryan_horwath
This story was originally published July 5, 2017 at 8:33 AM with the headline "Man sleeping in dumpster injured after landing in trash truck."