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Norwood PD: Rockland Trash Hauler Walks A Mile After Compactor Severs Part Of Finger Norwood PD: Rockland Trash Hauler Walks A Mile After Compactor Severs Part Of Finger
Norwood PD: Rockland Trash Hauler Walks A Mile After Compactor Severs Part Of Finger A Rockland trash hauler had part of his finger chopped off by a truck compactor on a Norwood street Wednesday afternoon -- then walked nearly a mile in the scorching heat before finding police who helped get him to the hospital. The 36-year-old Interstate Waste Services employee from Spring Valley was on Carter Street, near Old Tappan, when his left ring finger got caught between the trash and the dump box panel shortly after noon, Officer Nick Moltzen said. The panel severed the top third of his left ring finger to the knuckle, Moltzen said. The victim told police he was in so much pain t…

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by Jerry DeMarco