Dive Summary:
- On Friday, two sanitation workers in Marietta, Ga. were injured when an explosion took place inside a garbage truck.
- According to a Marietta Police Department spokesperson via FOX 5, someone tossed out oxygen tanks belonging to a dead relative; when the garbage truck crushed the tanks, one exploded, sending shrapnel down the street.
- One worker received cuts to his face while the other worker was rushed to a nearby hospital with serious injuries to his eyes.
From the article:
FOX 5 has confirmed that two sanitation workers were hurt Friday morning when an oxygen tank exploded inside a garbage truck. It happened on Brentwood Drive in Marietta after the truck apparently crushed several oxygen tanks that had been thrown away at a home.
A Marietta Police Department spokesperson tells FOX 5 the explosion occurred around 8 a.m., and that someone threw away oxygen tanks when they were cleaning out a home that belonged to a deceased relative.
