MILWAUKEE, Nov. 5, 2008
Teen Safe After Hiding In Compactor Truck
Boy Escaped Boot-Camp-Style School In Recycling Bin; Could Have Been Crushed By Machine
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Section Strange News Weird events, odd people and more peculiar happenings.
Police say the 14-year-old ran away from a boot-camp-style school for teens Monday and hid in a recycling bin filled with cardboard.
The bin was picked up by a Waste Management truck and dumped into the vehicle's rear compactor.
Waste Management spokeswoman Lynn Morgan says the truck continued on its collection route, compacting cardboard several times.
The boy wasn't discovered until the truck dumped its load at a recycling processing center.
He was semiconscious and was taken to a hospital, but police say his injuries aren't life-threatening.
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- I wonder if he looks thinner now...
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- Recycled Teen....hmm....What will they think of next?
Doesn''t Nebraska have that same program? - Reply to this comment
- They didn''t JUST throw him out... He was recycled!
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- I hate it when they throw out a perfectly good 14 year old like that, it''s such a waste.
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