COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A person was rescued Monday morning after being dumped into a garbage truck.
Comstock Fire & Rescue says crews responded to Gull Road Monday morning for calls of a person trapped in a loaded garbage truck.
When crews arrived, they say they learned a person was sleeping inside a trash container and was dumped into the truck.
The driver of the truck heard someone yelling for help.
The Comstock Fire & Rescue chief tells FOX 17 that the victim had to be lifted out of the top of the garbage truck with a stokes basket.
According to rescue crews, the individual suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital for treatment.