BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Police say a Louisiana sanitation worker was killed when a pickup slammed into the garbage truck he was standing behind.
Louisiana State Police spokesman Taylor Scrantz confirms that 40-year-old Ricky Mitchell was killed Monday morning in Baton Rouge.
The Advocate reports that Scrantz says driver Vincent Dipuma struck Mitchell from behind in a pickup while the garbage truck was stopped. Disposal service office manager Carla Smith says another worker riding on the other side of the truck jumped off to grab a barrel and was uninjured.
Scrantz says Mitchell was pronounced dead at the scene. Dipuma was transported to the hospital with serious injuries and could face charges.
Scrantz said a toxicology sample was taken but results aren't available yet.
