Man crushed beneath large refuse bins at City Deep business

19 June 2019 - 12:06 By Iavan Pijoos
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Paramedics went to the assistance of a man who had been crushed against a refuse bin and refuse truck but he had already died. File photo.
Paramedics went to the assistance of a man who had been crushed against a refuse bin and refuse truck but he had already died. File photo.
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A man has died after he was crushed beneath refuse bins at a business in City Deep, Johannesburg, on Wednesday.

ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said paramedics responded to the incident about  10.23am.

Meiring said they found a large refuse bin against a large refuse truck with the man lying trapped under the bin. He was declared dead on the scene.

No further details were available.


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