N.J. garbage man hit by his own truck

He was badly hurt while at work in Manalapan

A sanitation worker was injured when he was struck by his own truck in Manalapan.File photo 

MANALAPAN -- A sanitation worker was seriously injured Tuesday when he was struck by his own garbage truck while picking up garbage in the area of Woodcrest Way, township police said.

Police said the report came in about 1:56 p.m. that the man, Gregory Lamar, 29, of Lakewood, was struck by the truck and his leg was pinned against another motor vehicle.

Authorities said he was taken to the Pine Brook School and then air lifted by helicopter to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.

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Police said the driver of the garbage truck, Shavar Williams, 40, of Cliffwood, received a summons for driving while suspended when officers found his driver's license was suspended.

Lamar and Williams worked for Future Sanitations Inc.

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