Firefighters rescue person who was dumped into truck from recycling bin

Saskatoon firefighters came to the rescue on Monday after a person was dumped from a recycling bin into a Loraas truck.

According to the Saskatoon Fire Department, firefighters were called to the truck’s location at 1100 block of University Drive on Monday morning at around 9:30 a.m.

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“Firefighters found a driver of a Loraas truck on scene and a patient inside the Loraas truck that had been dumped in out of a recycling bin,” the fire department explained in a statement.

“Firefighters and rescue firefighters used tools to extricate the individual and a rope system to lower the patient down from the Loraas truck.”

The person was taken to hospital for treatment after they were removed from the truck, the fire department noted.

CORRECTION: Saskatoon Police supplied an incorrect location that was published in an earlier version of this story.