A sanitation worker was killed Monday after being trapped between a garbage truck and a dumpster in Cambria County.
Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees identified the victim as 19-year-old Barry Miller of Summerhill. Lees said Miller had been working at the job for a little over a year.
According to dispatch officials, Miller was trapped between a garbage truck and a dumpster on Gilbert Street by the ACRP building in Brownstown Borough around 6:40 a.m.
Officials said he was taken to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center.
Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees pronounced him dead at the hospital. Lees said Miller died of a head injury and ruled the death accidental.
The garbage truck is marked as a Pro Disposal truck.
West Hills police and OSHA are investigating.
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