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Hamburg, Germany – A 37-year-old homeless man has died in a tragic accident involving a paper recycling bin and a compactor truck in Hamburg. The man is believed to have been sleeping in a paper bin when it was emptied, leading to him being crushed by the vehicle’s compactor, according to media reports.
Dismembered Head Found at Recycling Plant
The gruesome discovery was made on Friday (October 9) around 5:30 PM at a recycling company in Hamburg-Billbrook. An employee found a dismembered head in a compressed paper bale.
A police spokesperson told BILD: “There is a suspicion that he may have died during the paper compaction in the vehicle.”
Autopsy Provides Key Clues in Tragic Accident
The lifeless body of the 37-year-old was subsequently re-compacted with the paper at the waste disposal company’s facility. According to NDR, a forensic doctor’s autopsy revealed injuries consistent with this sequence of events.
Police are currently treating the incident as a tragic accident. Authorities were able to quickly identify the man using fingerprint recognition. The State Criminal Police Office is investigating the case.
Source: https://www.ruhr24.de/schlagzeilen/hamburg-polizei-muellpresse-abgetrennter-kopf-tot-gestorben-muellabfuhr-news-billbrook-94545844.html
