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Homeless Man Crushed in Recycling Truck

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Picked up sleeping inside bin.

A terrible way to go: police in southwest Ohio report that a homeless man was crushed to death in a recycling truck that had picked up materials in a bin outside a shopping center. Paul Wilder, 44, had been sleeping inside the bin overnight, and was accidentally tossed into the truck. His body was found on Wednesday morning amid a pile of cardboard and other goods deposited at Ohio's Moraine recycling facility. Wilder reportedly died from "multiple blunt-force injuries" while being crushed with other materials in the truck.

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