A MAN sleeping tough in a bin needed to be rescued after it was emptied out right into a recycling truck.
Refuse collectors needed to name 999 for assist after listening to his muffled cries from contained in the rear of the lorry.
Fireplace crews then arrived on the scene to tug him free and the person was taken to hospital for a check-up.
However a scaffolder who witnessed the drama in Novers Hill, Bristol, mentioned: “He’s fortunate he wasn’t crushed to dying.
“We had been advised the binmen heard this bloke crying out after he was by chance tipped into the again of the lorry.
“There have been two ambulances and two hearth engines right here.”
It was believed the person had been sleeping tough on scrubland near an industrial property.
He then determined to sleep in a big wheelie bin to flee heavy rain on Monday evening — unaware binmen could be emptying it at 6am the subsequent day.
A spokeswoman from Avon Fireplace and Rescue mentioned: “Crews used a triple extension ladder and automobile hydraulics to rescue the person from the place they had been trapped.
“Crews additionally labored with ambulance on the scene.”
South Western Ambulance Service added: “We despatched one double-crewed land ambulance, an operations officer, and the hazardous space response group.
“We conveyed one affected person to Bristol Royal Infirmary.”
