[quote]A man who is thought to have climbed into a bin before being crushed to death in a dust cart has been identified as a 35-year-old Londoner.
Sussex Police said Scott Williams, from Wembley, had been reported missing an hour after his body was found at Sussex Waste Recycling Ltd in Newhaven.
A post-mortem examination revealed he had been crushed to death.
The dust cart, where Mr Williams' body was found, had been collecting bins in Brighton.
A worker sifting through bin bags made the discovery on Monday morning.
'Tragic incident'
Police believe Mr Williams, who had been out with a friend and was seen in public houses in Brighton until 0100 BST on Sunday, had been in one of the large wheelie bin used by blocks of flats or businesses.
Officers are investigating how he came to be there and are treating his death as unexplained rather than suspicious.
The GMB union has called for large wheelie bins to be checked individually before they are emptied into refuse trucks.
Spokesman Robert Macey said the way they were currently collected in Brighton meant people could get trapped inside before being loaded on a cart.
A spokesman for Brighton and Hove City Council said: "This is a tragic incident. The council has warned people not to get into our bins and have put stickers on the 700 street bins.
"We are also putting them on the other 1,000 bins we have in bin stores to remind everyone of the dangers.
"In addition we have worked with groups across the city to raise the issue with vulnerable people. We really hope the message gets across so that this isn't repeated."[/quote]
[quote]Officers are investigating how he came to be there and are treating his death as unexplained rather than suspicious.[/quote]
[quote]Police believe Mr Williams, who had been out with a friend and was seen in public houses in Brighton until 0100 BST on Sunday, had been in one of the large wheelie bin used by blocks of flats or businesses.[/quote]
[quote]was seen in public houses in Brighton until 0100 BST[/quote]
[quote]public houses[/quote]
[quote]pubs[/quote]
It's hardly unexplained: he was fucking drunk, decided to go to sleep in a bin (as you do).
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That is a horrible way to die.
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Jesus what a shit way to go.
What a crushing loss for his family
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how could the not notice the weight of the thing?
He was drunk and asleep...
Saw this on the news an hour or two ago... It's kinda sad, really.
His family's emotions must be crushed.
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[QUOTE=One Long Sausage;16043364]how could the not notice the weight of the thing?[/QUOTE]
Down here in Brighton (And I'm sure other places, but hey), the guys just roll the bin to the truck and put it on some hooks where it scoops it into the crusher. If it wasn't full when the guy climbed in, then the weight probably wouldn't have been noticed.
Horrible news though. Not something anybody would want to happen to them.
Read the title as "Gay crushed"
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Wow... that's one horrible way to go.
what
This guy used to work at my college as a PE teacher when he was in New Zealand.
Worst way to die; The last moments that guy had would have been horrible.
[QUOTE=Weirdness;16049876]This guy used to work at my college as a PE teacher when he was in New Zealand.
Worst way to die; The last moments that guy had would have been horrible.[/QUOTE]Did he teach you...[b]Squash[/b]
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I heard something like this [i]years[/i] ago, I wonder if it's the same story.
No it's not, but still, this happened before a couple years ago.
[QUOTE=raccoon12;16045036]Read the title as "Gay crushed"[/QUOTE]
Me too.
[QUOTE=Spacewolf;16051559]I heard something like this [i]years[/i] ago, I wonder if it's the same story.
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no that was in americaland
[QUOTE=B-hazard;16042368]That is a horrible way to die.[/QUOTE]
Yeah :/
Dust cart 10 - 0 Man
And it's a crushing defeat.
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[QUOTE=raccoon12;16045036]Read the title as "Gay crushed"
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Damn
Well, looks like some guy [i]got in a bin and died[/i].
Damn Ventilated.
That is a terrible way to die, getting crushed like that.
Ouch. That's a terrible way to go.
Also, Ventilated is on a [B]banning spree[/B]!
Dammit vent what the fuck is wrong with you?!
Banning people for making jokes?
Da hell?
[QUOTE=Dr Egg;16043289]What a crushing loss for his family
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Oh have a sense of humor. That ban was ridiculous.
While it's marginally tragic I don't really feel sorry for the guy since he must have got pretty pissed to do something like that.
[QUOTE=AwesomeDino;16061686]Oh have a sense of humor. That ban was ridiculous.[/QUOTE]
Yeah but we have 2000 puns for every news entry here.
Then again, I laugh at most of them :v:
The news puns are what make the non-shitstorm threads on this board interesting.
[QUOTE=AwesomeDino;16061686]Oh have a sense of humor. That ban was ridiculous.[/QUOTE]
Any ban with the reason "news pun" is ridiculous.
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