Garbage trucks don't just haul away our rubbish — they break it up and compress it, making room for the huge volumes they collect every day. To do this, they sometimes use a blade that rotates ...

A firefighter and two police officers were transferred to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries on Friday, Dec. 6. Latoya Gayle joined PEOPLE as an Associate Editor in 2024. Her work has ...

A former City of Buffalo garbage truck driver was sentenced to probation after an incident that left the victim paralyzed.

ALEXANDRIA — Multiple agencies responded to a garbage truck vs. train crash near the Alexandria Shooting Park Friday, Dec. 19 around 8:30 a.m. Officials were on the scene within 10 minutes, and had to ...

Dallas could soon put artificial intelligence on its garbage routes, with city leaders weighing a plan to mount AI-powered cameras on sanitation trucks to flag illegal dumping, overgrown lots and ...

One person is dead following a pedestrian crash involving a garbage truck in Westland. The incident took place about 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22, on Akron Court in the Norwayne neighborhood, confirmed ...

The crash occurred Friday morning, Dec. 19, in Alexandria, Minnesota. An official said responders had to crawl through the Canadian Pacific Kansas City train because the crash was on the other side of ...