Overview

• Investigators believe two men were asleep inside a dumpster at a Commack shopping center when it was emptied into a garbage truck early May 29
• The truck traveled nearly five miles before stopping at William T. Rogers Middle School in Kings Park, where staff discovered the occupants
• One man was pulled alive and taken to Huntington Hospital for a leg injury, while the other was pronounced dead at the scene
• Authorities have launched an investigation, found no evidence of foul play and have not publicly released the victims’ identities
• School officials reassured parents that students and staff were never in danger and that operations continued without disruption