BCSO: Man killed in trash compactor accident in west Bexar County

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SAN ANTONIO — A man was killed early Tuesday after getting caught in a trash compactor in west Bexar County, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.

Emergency personnel responded at about 10:15 a.m. in the 1300 block of Dezarae.

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Benjamin Garza, 26, worked for Metro Waste Systems and somehow became trapped inside the back of a trash truck, BCSO spokeswoman Rosanne Hughes said in an interview with mySA.com.

He pronounced dead at about 10:30 a.m., Hughes said.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the case as an accident.

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