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The garbage truck driver was on his route in Tampa Tuesday
morning when he heard yelling and banging from the back of his
vehicle, police said.
Upon pulling over, he discovered Donald Jordan, 37, and Lisa
Sirbella, 49, in the back of the truck. They had been sleeping
in a dumpster beside a Tampa restaurant when its contents were
emptied into the truck.
"It was originally believed that they were homeless but it seems
they were just really intoxicated after hanging out at the
casino," the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said in a
statement.
Unable to get them out, the driver summoned authorities, who
were able to free the pair.
The man and woman had no visible injuries but were taken to a
hospital after complaining of back pain, police said.
The pair's relationship to each other was not immediately clear,
police said.
"Luckily the driver was able to hear their screams but had the
trash been compacted, this case would have ended very
differently," said Cristal Bermudez Nunez, a sheriff's office
spokeswoman.
(Reporting by Letitia Stein in Tampa, Florida; Writing by
Jonathan Kaminsky; Editing by Bill Trott)
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