Bradenton public works employee killed in accident involving garbage truck, city says
A Bradenton Public Works and Utilities Department employee was killed in an accident Tuesday morning while at work, according to the city of Bradenton.
The accident involved a solid waste front-end loader garbage truck. It occurred on Sandpiper Circle in the Perico Bay Club on Perico Island in West Bradenton.
A press release did not identify the deceased, but the person was a longtime employee of the public works department, the city said.
Bradenton Police Department is investigating the incident.