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Garbage man shows up to fire station after hearing calls for help coming from truck

Garbage truck rescue Just before 8 a.m., the driver if the truck showed up at an Anderson County fire station saying he could hear cries for help coming from inside his truck. (PHOTO: Anderson County Fire Department)

ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. — It was something a South Carolina garbage man was not expecting to hear while collecting trash along their route Monday morning: screams for help.

Just before 8 a.m., the driver of the truck showed up at an Anderson County fire station saying he could hear cries for help coming from inside his truck.

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Firefighters quickly got to work to free the person inside. That person had “traumatic injuries,” the fire department said.

“A rope system was set up utilizing Ladder 1 as a high anchor and the individual was lifted from the space. Awaiting EMS crews continued care and transported to the hospital,” the Anderson County Fire Department said in a post on Facebook.

Following the rescue, the garbage truck was to a city lot to make sure no one else was inside. How the person ended up in the truck, is currently being investigated.

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