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Man killed by trash compactor on South Side (San Antonio Express-News)
Man killed by trash compactor on South Side (San Antonio Express-News)
the rest at the link aboveA man was killed and another injured early Monday when both were dropped into a trash compactor truck from a large trash bin they had been sleeping in on the South Side, officials said.
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Two men believed to be homeless and trying to stay warm were asleep inside the bin, Guidry said, but the driver wasn't aware of them until Richard Salinas, 43, climbed out of the truck and knocked on the window. Salinas told the driver to stop, Guidry said, but the other man, said to be in his 50s, had already been injured.
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First responders were called and paramedics worked on the man, whose condition reportedly worsened before he was taken to San Antonio Military Medical Center. He was pronounced dead there around 6 a.m., Guidry said.
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