Kitten keeps all nine lives, thanks to truck driver

PEORIA, Ariz. -- A recycling truck driver in suburban Phoenix is being credited with saving a kitten from the trash.

Angelo Almendarez was collecting containers along his Peoria route Friday when he heard a strange sound coming from the back of his truck - a kitten's meow.

A city spokeswoman says the kitten is a male orange tabby estimated to be less than 3 weeks old.

CBS News affiliate KPHO reports the kitten has been adopted by an employee of Peoria's Streets Division.

Actually, this was the second time Almendarez has rescued a kitten from the back of his truck. He recently saved a black kitten from the same predicament.