A man in New York City falls to his death after entering a garbage chute to get his keys
Authorities are also investigating whether the victim’s death was caused by the fall itself or whether he accidentally entered the dumpster’s compactor.
A man in New York City falls to his death after entering a garbage chute to get his keys.
CITY OF NEW YORK, BROOKLYN:
The New York City police discovered a man inside a trash compactor on Friday, August 12, in Brooklyn. He had injuries consistent with being “crushed” by the compactor. Moments earlier, as a lady and another guy watched, a man stepped into a garbage hole and tumbled to his death at Brooklyn’s Medgar Evers Homes, according to security video footage. Later, a mutilated body of the unidentified man was discovered at the bottom of the chute. 15 minutes had passed since his death when his body was found. The CCTV footage contains no evidence that any keys were thrown into the pit.
Before opening the garbage chute’s hatch and sliding half of his body inside, the man can be seen conversing with another man. Then, as a woman enters the group, he looks to be sitting on the open hatch. In what turned out to be the man’s final moments, the footage shows her holding the hatch’s bottom as if to prevent him from falling from his seat. He then appears to sit on the trash pit’s edge before opting to lay down on the hatch, which is being held down by the woman, to plunge into the depths. Although the NYPD has not commented on the incident, neighbours said the man was attempting to retrieve his keys when he entered the trash chute.
Authorities are also investigating if the victim’s death was caused by the fall itself or whether he accidentally entered the compactor area of the dumpster, where he was later discovered to be deformed. Before the hatch is closed and his body is fully enclosed in the chute, the man and the other man carry on their conversation. Then, using their phones as sources of light, the woman and the other man lean inside the trash can to check on their companion. The woman then grabs hold of the other man’s lower body to keep him from falling in while he enters the chute with his two arms and head.
According to the police, they are unsure if the man lived in the structure. Anthony Gordon, 60, a tenant of the fourth floor of the building, told the New York Post, “If you throw your keys in the incinerator, leave them.” “You can always order additional keys, but you can’t order another life.” Why would you go get your keys out of the burning building? Gordon continued. “I would either leave them there, wait for repair, or have a new pair produced. One time I accidentally placed my keys in an incinerator “Added he. Prince Watson, a different resident of the building who lives on the fifth floor, claimed he had never seen the folks in the CCTV tape but did add that it was normal to see strangers in the apartment building. 30 year old Watson told The Post, “I’ve never heard of anything like that, but that’s 2022 for you. He continued, “That is plain dumb.” “You go to management to get new keys, so they must not have common sense. You don’t play anything like that, really.”