KINGS PARK, N.Y. (PIX11) -- One man was found dead and another alive in the back up of a garbage truck near a middle school on Long Island on Thursday morning, according to police.
The men were spotted around 6:30 a.m. when the truck stopped at William Rogers Middle School in Kings Park, authorities say.
Investigators tell PIX11 News it's possible the pair were sleeping in a dumpster at 108 Veterans Memorial Highway in Commack and were later emptied into the garbage truck.
It’s still unknown whether the man died before being put in the garbage truck or after the dumpster was emptied, officials say.
The second man was taken to a local hospital with a leg injury but is expected to survive, police say.
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