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ASPEN HILL

Recycling worker crushed in his truck

A sanitation worker was crushed Wednesday morning by the municipal truck on which he worked, according to the Montgomery County Police Department.

The incident occurred about 8:30 a.m. and involved an unidentified Hispanic man caught in the recycling truck compactor that was operating in the Aspen Hill area, police said. The victim had reached into the compactor to clear it and the truck driver attempted to help the co-worker, Detective Patrick McNerney said.

Officials of the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act were called to determine whether unsafe work practices were a factor.

The death appeared to be an accident, a police spokeswoman said.

TOWSON

Impostor sentenced in armored car plot

A Dallastown, Pa., man has been sentenced to serve five years in prison for posing as an armored car driver and trying to steal deposits from stores in Baltimore County, according to court records.