Crime & Safety

Garbage Truck Driver Injured After Bethel Accident

The driver jumped out of the truck as it slid down a snowy hill, police said.

BETHEL, CT — A garbage truck driver was issued while driving on a private driveway on Nashville Road.

The truck fell down a snow covered hill before 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the News-Times. The driver jumped out of the vehicle and was hit by it as the truck slid down a hill and almost fell off an embankment.

The driver sustained non-life threatening injuries.

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