Overview
- The incident occurred early Monday morning in Berlin-Mitte's Rosenstraße area when a large recycling container was being emptied.
- The person, who had apparently been sleeping in the container, was discovered after the garbage truck's operators heard cries for help.
- Firefighters had to cut openings into the garbage truck to assess the situation, but the individual was pronounced dead at the scene.
- The garbage truck was transported to a recycling facility for further efforts to recover the body and the container.
- The identity of the deceased and the circumstances leading to their presence in the container remain under investigation by the police.