Two Solid Waste Workers Hit by Truck, Seriously Injured

Waste360 Staff, Staff

May 6, 2016

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Macon-Bibb County, Ga., solid waste workers Quincy Joyce and Eric Hill are suffering serious injuries after being hit by a pickup and pinned to their truck.  Joyce and Hill were loading yard waste into their truck when 52-year-old Nedra Mack struck them with her pickup truck.

The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is currently conducting an investigation to see what caused the accident.

The Telegraph has more details on the incident:

Two Macon-Bibb County solid waste workers were seriously injured after being hit by a pickup and pinned to their truck.

Just before 8 a.m. Wednesday, Quincy Joyce, 30, and Eric Hill, 40, were loading yard waste when a 2001 Ford pickup hit them and trapped them up against the back of the International 7400 sanitation truck. David Gordon, who lives nearby, watched as firefighters worked to free the Macon men.

Read the full story here.

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