ORANGE, Texas — A sanitation worker has been injured after a being struck when a pickup truck struck the rear of a Waste management truck in Orange Tuesday morning.
A 2018 white Ford F-150 pickup truck struck the rear of the 2017 green Freightliner garbage truck in the 4700 block of Old Highway 90 near Lindenwood Drive in Orange according to an Orange Police news release.
The driver of the pickup truck was a 58-year-old man from Orange, and the garbage truck had a crew of three according to the release. A 42-year-old woman was driving the garbage truck, and two men, ages 30 and 40 were working at the rear of the truck according to the release.
The two men at the rear were able to jump clear of the vehicles before the collision, and the 40-year-old man was struck by a piece of flying debris at the instant of the crash according to the release. He received a severe injury to his lower leg and was taken by Acadian EMS to a hospital according to the release.
The call was reported at 7:16 a.m. Tuesday morning.
A Waste Management worker was struck and killed in November 2018 in another wreck in Orange.
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From an Orange Police Department news release:
INFORMATION: On March 5, 2019 at 7:16 am emergency crews responded to a traffic accident in the 4700 block of Old Highway 90 in Orange, Texas. The accident involved a 2018 white Ford F-150 pick-up truck and a 2017 green Freightliner garbage truck operated by Waste Management.
The driver of the pick-up truck was a fifty-eight year old man from Orange, Texas. The Waste Management truck was crewed by three people. A forty-two year old female driver, and two men aged thirty and forty working at the rear of the vehicle.
The Waste Management truck was moving east in the 4700 block of Old Highway 90, along a normal service route. The two men working at the rear of the truck observed the pick-up truck approaching from behind. They realized that a collision was imminent and jumped clear of the vehicles. At the instant of the collision the forty year old male, who had jumped away, was struck by a piece of flying debris. This resulted in a severe injury to his lower leg. The injured man was transported by Acadian EMS to a local hospital. There were no other injuries as a result of the accident.
The accident is under investigation by the Orange Police Department.
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