Trapped In Trash OR Accidental Dumpster Diving

30 January 2024

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R. Linda:

How is this possible? Just the other day, a woman fell into a trash bin, and subsequently, when the trash truck arrived, she and the trash she was surrounded with were unceremoniously dumped and then compacted 4 times before the trash truck driver heard screaming and looked at the camera that showed him a woman in the trash. I know, only in New Hampshire.

She said she fell into the dumpster while dumping her trash. Now, I've seen this happen on America's Funniest Videos (AFV) and know it can happen. Usually, the person can get out, but this was a dumpster, not a large, heavy-duty plastic trash bin. I surmise she didn't have the strength to lift herself out once she was in. The covers of dumpsters can be heavy, especially if there is wet snow on top, and I am assuming this may have been the reason she couldn't get out, but I am surmising here. 

The offending dumpster

If the side is open and not locked (I don't see locks anywhere), how is it she couldn't get out? Unless she's short like your diminutive self, she couldn't reach the opening on the side? Or, was she making merry and in her cups, so perhaps she was incapacitated in that way? I don't know the why of it, but that side window, well, is it that hard to slip out of? Or, like me wee one suggested, she was just keeping warm. OR, like the middle child suggested, she was looking for a meal? Uh-huh.

The driver had the presence of mind to call 911 when he saw through a camera located inside the truck the screaming victim. 

Slam Dunk!

Can you imagine being trapped in that smelly trash, then raised high in the air to tumble out with all that stinky stuff into more of it below? That be what nightmares are made from. Forget the compacting, adding insult to injury.

First responders arrived to extricate the woman from the garbage. They had to bring in a crane to get her out because, obviously, she was injured.

The ambulance was pulled up in front of the trash lorry

A basket gurney on the crane had to be lowered into the trash to retrieve her. 

How embarrassing is this?

The woman was taken to hospital, where she was treated for minor injuries and would be fine. Let's hope so, but think of the nightmares she'll have. OR, as the middle child suggested, think of the story she can tell her grandchildren on a snowy night in front of the fire. O K, then.

Gabe

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