ECSO identifies man who fell out of garbage truck to death

ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - UPDATE 2/24/23: Ector County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who fell out of a garbage truck to his death on Thursday as 45-year-old Brandon Altman.

UPDATE: According to Ector County Sherriff Mike Griffis, surveillance video shows the individual being dumped in the truck, trying to get off the truck, and falling to his death.

An autopsy is in the works, but it is believed the man is in his mid-20′s.

A store clerk nearby described the man as being ‘transient’.

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CBS7 has confirmed with the Ector County Sheriff’s Office that a body has been found in a dumpster near the intersection of Roundup and University in West Odessa.

The sheriff’s office tells CBS7 that they were called to the scene at around 6:04 a.m. Their investigation found that the person was inside of the dumpster when the trash truck came and picked the dumpster up.

The person’s identity has not been released.

CBS7 will update this article with more information as it becomes available.