On Tuesday, April 12 a worker died having been caught in a trash compactor near San Antonio.
According to Bexar County Sheriff’s Office the accident happened at around 11 a.m. in the 1300 block of Dezarae near Highway 90 and Potranco in the west of Bexar County. Benjamin Garza, aged 26 and known as Wicked J. worked for Metro Waste Systems which is a family trash pickup business. He became trapped in the back of the garbage collection truck and even though the truck driver called 911 immediately, Garza was found deceased inside the compactor.
Garza had been working for the firm on a full time basis since the beginning of the year and to date the exact cause of death has not been issued by the Medical Examiner.
The Sheriff’s office is treating the death as an accident.
Garza was also a performer with the Illest Rockers and taught free dance classes at the John Tobin Recreation Center.
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