Family Demands $10m After Garbage Truck Ran Over Man Sleeping By Dumpster Leaving His Severed Body In The Alley

The family of a young Georgia man who was killed aft being tally complete by a garbage motortruck while he was sleeping by a dumpster successful a portion promenade has revenge a $10 cardinal lawsuit, their lawyer said.

William Earl Head’s assemblage was severed successful nan tragic incident successful April 2024 aft garbage motortruck labor successful nan metropolis of Carrollton, conscionable 45 miles westbound of Atlanta, didn’t spot nan 23-year-old, according to Fox5 Atlanta.

“He ran complete him and past backed up complete him,” lawyer Mac Pilgrim, who is besides Head’s cousin, told nan outlet. “It’s 1 of nan astir gruesome things I’ve seen…his assemblage was separated.”

When labor of businesses successful nan portion promenade first came crossed Head’s body, they initially believed he was a mannequin, Pilgrim said.

“The assemblage was not reported until later connected successful nan greeting into nan daylight hours, because labor of nan businesses had gone to nan dumpster and believed, honestly, they thought it was a mannequin until they sewage a small closer,” he told nan outlet.

It was not instantly clear why Head, a storage worker according to an online obituary, was sleeping adjacent nan dumpster.

The metropolis of Carrollton is named arsenic a suspect successful nan suit owed to “employee behavior,” Pilgrim told Fox5, on pinch nan erstwhile proprietor of nan portion promenade for “the dumpster's positioning and a deficiency of lighting.”

A metropolis of Carrollton spokesperson declined to remark erstwhile reached by The Independent, citing progressive litigation.

Pilgrim said nan suit is demanding accountability and seeking justness complete Head’s death.

“He was a young man. And if each of america looked astatine ourselves arsenic young people, we were not who we are now,” Pilgrim said. “We're not who we've become, and he doesn't get that chance. We're trying to get justness for him.”

The lawyer said he hoped nan find shape of nan suit would uncover much accusation astir what happened.

The Independent contacted Pilgrim for further information.

An online obituary for Head said he died connected April 23, 2024 and is survived by his sister and different extended family members.