City worker injured after being caught between trash truck and utility pole

    First-responders attend to a public works employee injured Thursday morning during trash collection on Platts Avenue. Photo/Jeffrey Hastings

    MANCHESTER, NH – A city worker suffered serious injury Thursday after an accident involving a trash truck.

    Manchester Police responded to area of 90 Platts Ave. at 11:45 a.m. for a reported accident with injury.

    Arriving officers learned that a Manchester Department of Public Works employee was on the back of a trash truck when it moved and pushed him up against a utility pole.

    The worker suffered injuries to his lower body and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

    Alcohol or drugs do not appear to be factors in this incident, police said.

    The accident remains under investigation.