Justin Gilpatrick, seen being taken away in an ambulance after he was dumped into a garbage truck. Gilpatrick allegedly said he fell asleep in a recycling dumpster because he was too drunk to drive home.
CBS NEWS
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A drunken man who fell asleep in a dumpster nearly got compacted after he was picked up by garbage collectors Friday morning.
Portland police spokesman Lt. Robert King reports that the man, 27-year-old Justin Gilpatrick, had been drinking at a nightclub late Thursday.
After allegedly deciding that he was too intoxicated to drive home, Gilpatrick climbed into a cardboard recycling container outside the club to sleep it off.
On Friday morning, unknowing Waste Management crews picked him up and dumped him into a garbage truck along with the recycling. According to King, the truck was compacted twice before the workers noticed him inside.
Gilpatrick was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. He will not face charges, Portland police said.
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