Overview

• Suffolk County police believe the two men were sleeping inside a Commack shopping center dumpster when it was emptied into the garbage truck
• The truck drove about five miles before stopping at William T. Rogers Middle School in Kings Park at around 6:30 a.m.
• One man was pulled alive from the truck and taken to Huntington Hospital for treatment of a leg injury, while the other was pronounced dead at the scene
• Authorities have opened an investigation and police say no foul play is suspected; the medical examiner’s office will determine the deceased’s cause of death
• Kings Park Central School District officials confirmed normal school operations continued and there was no threat to students or staff