BALTIMORE — WJZ has obtained video of a tragic incident where a trash truck crushed a Baltimore City DPW worker, killing him on the job Friday.
The worker, Timothy Cartwell, died at Shock Trauma, and his death comes amid heightened scrutiny of the Department of Public Works’ safety record after the death of another worker over the summer.
Video Shows Tragedy
The shows the large white trash truck slowly moving down an alley behind Monroe Street Friday morning just before 10:30.
It lurches forward several times.
At one point on the way to Baker Street, as the truck passes by a wooden utility pole, Cartwell becomes trapped. The video shows colleagues coming to help him.
Within minutes, a fire truck pulls up to the scene.
“This Could Be Me”
“It’s just like, wow, you know, this could be me. You know, it could be any one of us. Each and every day we come out here, it’s very dangerous,” said Cartwell’s co-worker, who asked WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren not to show his face and to disguise his voice out of fear he could lose his job for speaking out.