Firefighters rescue man from inside a dumpster truck in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
A man taking refuge from cold weather was rescued after getting trapped inside a garbage truck in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Tuesday.
According to the Colorado Springs Fire Department, the man was sleeping inside a dumpster when the garbage truck picked him up and dumped him inside the truck, NBC affiliate KOAA reported.
The driver continued his route until at around 5 a.m. he started hearing the man screaming for help from inside the truck, so he pulled into a nearby hospital to call 9-1-1, KOAA reported.
First responders were then able to use a stroke basket to carry the man and lift him out using a fire truck ladder.
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He was taken to the hospital with minor injuries for evaluation.
