A man was killed Monday fixing a dump truck in Mississippi when scalding asphalt fell on him, police said. Officers responded to a call about an accident about 10:30 a.m., Jackson Police Chief Joseph ...

"It appears to be an accidental death at this particular time," Jackson Police Department said of the Monday, Nov. 4 tragedy Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

A man in Jackson, Mississippi died Monday after hot asphalt poured on him as he was repairing a dump truck. The 41-year-old man was working on a hydraulic line underneath the truck in Mississippi's ...

A man was killed when hot asphalt poured on him at AJ Materials in Jackson, Mississippi. Police believe a dump truck malfunction caused the accident, with the victim attempting to fix it when the ...

Police in Jackson, Mississippi, said that a contractor was fatally buried under a load of asphalt in an accident the morning of Nov. 4. Screengrab from the Jackson Police Department's video A ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) — A 41-year-old man died Monday morning after being buried under hot asphalt while trying to repair his dump truck in Mississippi, authorities said. The victim, identified as ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A construction worker died after hot asphalt was dumped on him. A tragic accident claimed the life of a construction worker in Mississippi on Monday.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- An overturned dump truck spilled its haul of asphalt across the northbound 57 Freeway in Anaheim early Friday morning, prompting the hourslong closure of several lanes. The ...