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Two hospitalized after garbage truck rolls into a Bradenton pond

A 29-year-old man is in serious condition and his 39-year-old Bradenton passenger is in critical condition after the garbage truck they were in rolled over on Tuesday morning.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the vehicle was traveling south on 66th Street West at about 10:30 a.m.. As the vehicle approached 53rd Avenue West, the driver over corrected, causing the truck to spin into the grassy shoulder and roll into a retention pond, according to a FHP crash report.

Both workers were transported to Blake Hospital.

No further information was available Tuesday afternoon.

This story was originally published September 3, 2019 at 2:24 PM.

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Bradenton Herald
Breaking News/Real Time Reporter Mark Young began his career in 1996 and has been with the Bradenton Herald since 2014. He has won more than a dozen awards over the years, including the coveted Lucy Morgan Award for In-Depth Reporting from the Florida Press Club and for beat reporting from the Society for Professional Journalists to name a few. His reporting experience is as diverse as the communities he covers. Support my work with a digital subscription
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