Philadelphia

Crews Rescue Man From Inside Trash Truck

SkyForce10 hovered overhead as crews rescued a man trapped inside a trash truck after trying to find a place to sleep in Philadelphia Monday morning.

The rescue took place on top of a garbage truck parked near Castor and Aramingo avenues in the Port Richmond neighborhood around 6:45 a.m.

Crews could be seen strapping a man to a backboard, carefully taking him off the truck and moving him into a waiting ambulance.

Medics took the 36-year-old man to Temple University Hospital in stable condition where doctors evaluated him, said Philadelphia Police.

The man was dumped into the truck after falling asleep inside a dumpster outside a nearby Speedway gas station, said police.

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