A veteran sanitation worker died on the job in Queens Saturday after he was crushed by his own garbage truck, according to city officials.

Both vehicles were traveling westbound on Bushwick Ave. around 9:30 a.m. when the garbage truck driver plowed into the moped rider while trying to turn right onto Flushing Ave., police said.

Crews in Sonoma County were able to extinguish a garbage fire in Windsor Tuesday after a truck had to dump its burning load by a park.

We look at the ROAD-EO, a competition that invites garbage truck drivers to test their driving and parking skills on a tricky, timed course.

New York City's Sanitation Department (DSNY) issued a stark warning after an oxygen tank exploded in a garbage truck—and started a fire.

A City of Phoenix garbage truck had to drop its whole load of in the middle of a neighborhood street after the back of the truck started burning.

A DSNY worker with 19 years of service died on Saturday after being run over by his truck, according to a recent report. (Staten Island Advance/ Jan Somma-Hammel) Staff-Shot ...

Garbage truck dumps load of burning trash near Windsor park The scene at Billington Lane and Cornell Street in Windsor is being cleaned up by waste service and town personnel.

New York City's Department of Sanitation (DSNY) will begin test trialing Mack Truck's electric garbage truck. Mack Trucks, which is a part of the Volvo Group, will begin producing and delivering ...

A front-end loader scoops up partially burned trash that was dumped from a garbage truck onto Rimrock Road after it caught fire Monday.

For over a year, the Sanitation Department had parked several garbage trucks near a department facility on East 10th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues after losing its Manhattan District 6 Garage ...