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Sanitation Worker Airlifted After Garbage Truck Crashes On Long Island Sanitation Worker Airlifted After Garbage Truck Crashes On Long Island
Sanitation Worker Airlifted After Garbage Truck Crashes On Long Island A sanitation worker is recovering after a garbage truck crashed on Long Island Friday morning, Feb. 10. The incident happened just before 10 a.m. in Riverhead on Kirby Lane, according to the Riverhead Town Police Department. Investigators said the truck was backing up when it collided with a parked dump truck. The impact left Javier Palma-Guevara, who was riding on the vehicle's back step, with serious injuries to his leg. He was flown by police helicopter to University Hospital in Stony Brook for treatment. The extent of his injuries was not immediately clear. Police said the garbage tr…

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