TEXARKANA, Texas (KSLA) – A waste truck driver went to empty a dumpster, but unfortunately, they did not see the man asleep near it.
On Aug. 31 at 5:45 a.m., the Texarkana Texas Police Department (TTPD) responded to an incident near the intersection of Summerhill and New Boston roads.
When officers arrived, they learned that a Western Waste Management truck pulled into an alley behind a business to empty a dumpster, but the operator did not see a homeless man who was lying on the ground asleep in front of it.
The man has been identified as Elzie Henson, 54, of Texarkana, Texas.