A man died after being crushed under the weight of an overturned garbage truck and its concrete debris at Winnebago Landfill in Rockford, Illinois. <\/p>\n
Gonzalo Trevino Sr., 54, worked as a hauler for a garbage company. Investigators said Trevino was unloading his truck when another dump truck accidentally emptied its contents on him. The load shifted and tipped over the side of the semi tractor-trailer instead of going out the back. <\/p>\n
Authorities said the garbage truck contained 80,000 pounds of building debris that included wood, steel and concrete. \u201cIt\u2019s unknown at this time if it was an equipment malfunction or if it was a case of soft ground,\u201d said Fire Chief Alan Carlson. <\/p>\n
According to the Winnebago County Coroner\u2019s Office, Trevino suffered blunt force injuries to his chest and abdomen when he was buried under the load. Rescue workers from 10 different departments spent almost an hour searching for him. The (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A man died after being crushed under the weight of an overturned garbage truck and its concrete debris at Winnebago Landfill in Rockford, Illinois. Gonzalo Trevino Sr., 54, worked as a hauler for a garbage company. Investigators said Trevino was…<\/span><\/p>\n