MEC&F Expert Engineers : Waste Disposal Truck Driver Crushed to Death by Big Rig in Accident at Amarillo Landfill in Texas

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Waste Disposal Truck Driver Crushed to Death by Big Rig in Accident at Amarillo Landfill in Texas


JUNE 25, 2015
 
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) 

Authorities say a waste disposal truck driver has died after being struck in an accident at a landfill in the Texas Panhandle.

Amarillo police say 53-year-old Michael Shawn Lightfoot of Amarillo was dead at the scene.

Officials say Lightfoot, who worked for a private waste disposal contractor, was run over Tuesday afternoon while assisting a co-worker whose vehicle got stuck.

The driver of the rig that hit Lightfoot has not been charged.