The story began, "He was just about to pull the lever on the compactor. Then he heard a cry that didn't belong …" ...

Called a front loader, the machine lifts and dumps larger trash containers used at businesses and apartment buildings over the front of truck using automated forks. The new system is meant to be safer ...

REARDAN, Wash. — A man was killed in a crash involving a garbage truck on U.S. Highway 2 just east of Reardan, according to the Washington State Patrol. WSP says troopers responded to a head-on ...

A bystander caught the moment a garbage truck in St Louis, Missouri went up in flames. It happened on Thursday after the garbage truck started smoldering while parked. Senate Democrats block ...

HAMBLEN COUNTY, Tenn. — The Hamblen County Highway and Garbage Department announced Thursday that it is switching to an automated side loader truck for trash collection. The county said the switch was ...

WYLIE, Texas — It’s not every day you see a mountain of smoldering garbage outside your local fire station — but that’s exactly what happened Monday afternoon at Wylie Fire Station 3. Wes Hart first ...

The driver of a garbage truck noticed smoke coming from the vehicle Monday morning as it traveled down Route 39 in Hershey, Dauphin County.The driver pulled into the parking lot at the intersection of ...

Artificial intelligence cameras will not be attached to garbage trucks - looking for overgrown and neglected property - in Huntsville for the foreseeable future. That is because the city has pulled a ...

One person has been killed in an early morning crash involving a garbage truck on Westwood Northern Boulevard in Westwood. The crash was reported in the 3000 block of Westwood Northern Boulevard near ...

ORION TOWNSHIP, MI – A man is dead after the garbage truck he was driving was hit by a vehicle that was coming out of a private driveway, police said. Trent Edward Evans, 37, of Flint, was fatally ...