MODEL CITY, NEW YORK—
MODERN DISPOSAL SERVICES INC
Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle on side of road · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was trotting down the shoulder of a roadway along side the garbage collection truck. As the truck approached a home that had trash out for collection, the employee moved toward the moving truck to retrieve his work gloves. As he reached for the work gloves, his right foot was positioned behind the rear outer dual tire which struck his ankle and fractured it.
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