Video WJZ obtains shows deadly incident involving Baltimore DPW worker trapped by trash truck
WJZ has obtained video of a tragic incident where a trash truck crushed a Baltimore City DPW worker, killing him on the job Friday.
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WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren came to WJZ in the spring of 2004 from KARK-TV, an NBC affiliate station in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he worked as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor. Solid reporting credentials and a reputation for breaking important news stories characterized Mike's work both there and at KTAL-TV, another NBC station in Shreveport, La. where he also was a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor.
He also worked as a reporter/producer/photographer for KLAX-TV, an ABC station in Alexandria, Louisiana, and started his career in broadcast journalism with a cable news program called First Edition News in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Mike holds a B.S. degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and grew up partly in both Chicago and Louisiana.
WJZ has obtained video of a tragic incident where a trash truck crushed a Baltimore City DPW worker, killing him on the job Friday.
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