DENVER ( KDVR ) — On Friday, Aurora Fire Rescue responded to a report of a person trapped in a trash truck.
Aurora Fire Rescue tweeted about the incident just before 6 a.m.
Crews with Heavy Rescue 5 responded to the intersection near 19th and Wheeling Street on reports of a person trapped in the back of a trash truck. The intersection is northeast of the University of Colorado Hospital.
According to AFR, crews were successfully able to extract the person who sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
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The person was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.
It was not immediately clear how the individual got into the trash truck.
Recently in New Hampshire, local fire crews experienced a similar situation.
On Jan. 31, the Manchester Fire Department said a woman fell into a dumpster while throwing out her garbage and was later rescued from a trash truck that had compacted the contents while she was inside.
The woman was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.