By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
A private contractor was killed when scalding asphalt fell on him while he was fixing a dump truck in Mississippi on Monday.
Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade said officers responded to a call about an accident about 10:30 a.m.
When officers arrived, they found the private contractor, who was tasked with picking up asphalt, “buried under hot asphalt,” Wade said.
“It appeared to be some type of malfunction with his dump truck,” he said.
He was fixing the dump truck when the asphalt spilled onto him, Wade said.
Darrell Sheriff, 41, was underneath the truck working on a hydraulic line when the tailgate opened and asphalt fell on him.
His family said he was a “good, hard-working family man,” Wade said.
Police will continue to investigate, but the incident appears to have been an accident, Wade said.
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