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DO NOT reach in or climb in donation bins. DO NOT DO IT
they need to redesign these things:https://nypost.com/2019/01/08/woman-found-dead-in-clothing-donation-bin/
Canadian officials are investigating a woman’s death after finding her corpse partially inside a clothing donation box, police said.
Cops received reports of a body inside a bin outside a Salvation Army in Toronto at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. Authorities cut open the metal box to get the woman out and paramedics administered CPR, but later pronounced her dead at the scene, Global News reported.
Police did not release the woman’s identity, but said she was 35 years old, the Canadian Press reported.
The death appears to be accidental, police told CBC.
This is not the first time someone has died after attempting to climb into a donation bin. The bin’s hatches, designed to keep thieves out, can also trap people climbing inside.
At least seven Canadians have died after getting trapped in bins since 2015, leading some to nickname the boxes “death traps,” the Canadian Press reported last week.
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https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/donation-bin-deaths-highlight-trapping-danger_20180312074600247/1031414661
Donation bin deaths highlight trapping danger
By: David Barer
Posted: Oct 04, 2017 / 01:30 PM CDT / Updated: Oct 04, 2017 / 01:30 PM CDT
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Roger Autry reached into a north Austin charity donation bin to fish out some clothes early on the morning of Sept. 8, 2016. He stood on top of a grocery cart, stuck his upper body through the door of the metal box and reached in with a crudely fashioned metal hook.
Then the bin's door slammed shut on the 52-year-old man, who police describe as homeless. One hinge crushed Autry's right arm and a jaw-like security door clamped down on his throat. There Autry hung, alone for hours with his feet suspended in the air, until a man passing by found him and called 911.
"There's a homeless man; I guess he is deceased," a caller told a 911 operator. "He's stuck in one of those donation bins."
Police found Autry's body wedged in the bin next to his bicycle and some clothing. The donation bin was located in the parking lot of the Tech Ridge Shopping Center at the intersection of Parmer Lane and Interstate 35.
Austin Police Department Homicide Detective David Fugitt investigated the death, which was labeled an accident. Fugitt warns that sticking any body part into a donation bin is extremely dangerous.
"We want people to know that these dangers exist," Fugitt said in an interview. "If somebody were to circumvent the safety features on this box, it could cause them to become trapped and ultimately end in their death."
Autry's death is highly unusual, but it is not unprecedented. According to media reports, numerous people have died across the country in recent years after being trapped in donation bins.
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Donation bin deaths highlight trapping danger
By: David Barer
Posted: Oct 04, 2017 / 01:30 PM CDT / Updated: Oct 04, 2017 / 01:30 PM CDT
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Roger Autry reached into a north Austin charity donation bin to fish out some clothes early on the morning of Sept. 8, 2016. He stood on top of a grocery cart, stuck his upper body through the door of the metal box and reached in with a crudely fashioned metal hook.
Then the bin's door slammed shut on the 52-year-old man, who police describe as homeless. One hinge crushed Autry's right arm and a jaw-like security door clamped down on his throat. There Autry hung, alone for hours with his feet suspended in the air, until a man passing by found him and called 911.
"There's a homeless man; I guess he is deceased," a caller told a 911 operator. "He's stuck in one of those donation bins."
Police found Autry's body wedged in the bin next to his bicycle and some clothing. The donation bin was located in the parking lot of the Tech Ridge Shopping Center at the intersection of Parmer Lane and Interstate 35.
Austin Police Department Homicide Detective David Fugitt investigated the death, which was labeled an accident. Fugitt warns that sticking any body part into a donation bin is extremely dangerous.
"We want people to know that these dangers exist," Fugitt said in an interview. "If somebody were to circumvent the safety features on this box, it could cause them to become trapped and ultimately end in their death."
Autry's death is highly unusual, but it is not unprecedented. According to media reports, numerous people have died across the country in recent years after being trapped in donation bins.
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