A 21-year-old man lost his arm in a commercial trucking accident late last month when the driver of a sanitation truck, with the fellow employee standing on the back of the unit, backed the truck into a tree, pinning the man’s arm.
According to the crash report filed by Texas Trooper Jacob Lavender, 40-year-old Noel Martinez was driving the Tiger Sanitation truck on July 27 at the intersection of Cascade Caverns and Scheele roads. The report stated Martinez was backing the truck onto Scheele Road from Cascade Caverns around the fork in the roads in an effort to turn around.
Chevis Williams, 21, was riding on the back of the trash truck when Martinez backed into a tree on Scheele Road, severing Williams’ arm as it was pinned between the truck and the tree.
