Updated: 3:56 PM CDT May 25, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa A person is dead after being hit by a garbage truck along the 10400 block of NE University Avenue Tuesday morning, according to the Polk County Sheriff s Office.
Deputies arrived at the scene along NE University Ave, also part of Highway 163, around 10 a.m. Tuesday morning for a person who had entered the westbound lanes of traffic from the north.
The pedestrian struck by the Dumpster Roll-off Truck died at the scene. The driver of the truck was not injured.
According to the sheriff s office, witnesses saw the victim walk out of the north ditch of Hwy 163 before they were struck by the side of the Aspen truck.