Man dies after being 'buried' alive under boiling 'hot asphalt' while working on truck

Darrell Sherriff, 41, was killed erstwhile a load of asphalt was dumped connected him arsenic helium worked connected a truck, arsenic the tailgate abruptly opened and buried him successful Jackson, Mississippi

A household antheral was killed “horrifically” erstwhile a motortruck malfunctioned and dumped its load of boiling blistery asphalt wherever helium was standing, burying him alive.

The worker, named locally arsenic Darrell Sheriff, 41, was moving connected the conveyance helium was picking up from AJ Materials successful Jackson, Mississippi, erstwhile the tailgate abruptly opened. Its full load of boiling blistery roadworthy tar was unloaded connected apical of him, burying him wherever helium was.

People adjacent rushed to his aid, but helium was incapable to survive. Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade said household members astatine the country were “traumatised” by the tragedy.

He told reporters: “Think what a load of asphalt, burning blistery asphalt coming down upon his body. It was horrific, it was horrifying and it was thing you bash not privation to see. Seeing him was 1 thing, but talking to the household members and they’re hurt.

“Jackson constabulary officers were called to this determination successful narration to an accident. Upon arrival, they came crossed an idiosyncratic who had been buried nether blistery asphalt.

“It appeared to beryllium immoderate benignant of malfunction of his dumptruck. The conveyance helium was present to prime up asphalt with. As helium tried to hole the conveyance determination was an contented and the conveyance unloaded each of the blistery asphalt connected to him.

“My prayers, condolences and thoughts, my bosom spell retired to the family. I spoke to immoderate of them astatine the scene, they said helium was a bully man, a hard moving antheral conscionable trying to marque a surviving and that is the synopsis of truthful galore radical of the metropolis of Jackson. Let’s support the household uplifted successful prayer

“I volition not beryllium releasing his sanction astatine this time,I privation to marque definite the full household has been informed arsenic it is specified a horrific, horrific hap that transpired Jackson constabulary section has conducted a decease investigation, it appears to beryllium an accidental decease astatine this peculiar clip but it volition beryllium a thorough probe into what happened here.

"Individuals astatine the country tried to assistance him but the injuries were excessively tremendous to survive. You don’t privation to deliberation of this happening to anybody, particularly this vacation play successful the metropolis of Jackson.”

He added the results of the constabulary probe volition beryllium released astatine a aboriginal date.