Crushed

[Pate]

A shoplifting suspect is in hospital in a critical condition after he was crushed while hiding in a rubbish truck.

James Brienzo fled from police after he was spotted leaving a Walmart store in Alliance, Ohio, through a fire exit with a trolley full of goods.

The 37-year-old hid in a rubbish bin outside the shop, and waited for officers to leave the area.

But workers arrived to pick up the store's rubbish and the bin was emptied into a truck.

Brienzo was crushed several times, as the lorry's metal jaws compacted the rubbish.

He eventually managed to pull out a mobile phone from his pocket and call a friend.

His pal phoned police, who used GPS (Global Positioning System) to track the truck.

The rubbish, which mainly consisted of cardboard boxes, had been crushed so much that police could not free him from the vehicle.

The lorry was taken back to the depot, and Brienzo fell out of the truck head-first with the rubbish.

"He was in a lot of pain," said a police spokesman at the scene.

"He had been compacted several times. He was just begging us to empty the truck."

The spokesman said Brienzo suffered serious injuries and is being treated in the Metro Health Medical Centre in Cleveland.

The suspect is expected to be charged with shoplifting after he recovers.

Next thing to hell? That must have hurt.

 

[doofer]

They should have let the Vice Squad deal with him.

 

[yer_averagejoe]

I'm glad they're still pressing charges.

 

[Greenlizard0]

What a low life. If his mother heard what he was up to she'd be crushed.

 

[Nyoron]

Ouch!

Suprised he survived.

 

[Doughnut007]

Got what he deserves.

 

[Stupot_]

This thread is rubbish.

 

[Greenlizard0]

You're right, the wrong sort of people might get the wrong sort of ideas. Hope the lady who put that cat in the bin isn't reading this.

 

[JayMax]

He lived. And, I was hoping for a happy ending to the story...

 

[Fr0dders]

I'm glad they're still pressing charges.

What a low life. If his mother heard what he was up to she'd be crushed.

This thread is rubbish.

 

[Gackt]

Crikey. Terrible thing to happen, to anyone.

 

[RedDanDoc]

when i lived in Cornwall there was a popular story doing the rounds about this young guy who got chased through the town center for stealing a pair of sun glasses he went and jumped over a wall only to discover that there was a 90 foot drop on the other side.

 

["andy"]

when i lived in Cornwall there was a popular story doing the rounds about this young guy who got chased through the town center for stealing a pair of sun glasses he went and jumped over a wall only to discover that there was a 90 foot drop on the other side.

ive seen similar happen on police camera action type shows !

 

[Fr0dders]

when i lived in Cornwall there was a popular story doing the rounds about this young guy who got chased through the town center for stealing a pair of sun glasses he went and jumped over a wall only to discover that there was a 90 foot drop on the other side.

it was a motorway flyover wasnt it ?

 

[Pate]

when i lived in Cornwall there was a popular story doing the rounds about this young guy who got chased through the town center for stealing a pair of sun glasses he went and jumped over a wall only to discover that there was a 90 foot drop on the other side.

He die?

 

[Fr0dders]

nope just broke his ankle i think.

 

[fozzy]

it was a motorway flyover wasnt it ?

I've heard that one as well. It involved the Thelwall viaduct on the M6 and lots of fog.

 

[Amnesia]

trash disposing of itself....what more could we want.

 

[Tom0]

He had been compacted several times.

That made me laugh more than it should.

 

[K1LLSW1TCH]

Did anyone else get a Tom & Jerry image of the guy being compacted and falling out of the truck, then springing up and down like an accordion?