'Customer Favorite' Garbage Truck Driver Killed After His Vehicle Slides Over Him on Icy Road

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An Alaska man has died after authorities say he became stuck underneath his sliding garbage truck while on the job.

Robin E. Hager, a 62-year-old Blue Arctic Waste employee, was working on Thursday morning when the fatal incident occurred, according to apress releasefrom the Anchorage Police Department.

After lowering the truck’s arm, officials said he was unable to lift a garbage can because it was frozen to the ground.

“The truck’s extended arm knocked over the driver who fell underneath the garbage truck as it was sliding,” police wrote.

“I didn’t have a phone, so I ran and called for help and called 911,” she recalled to the outlet. “I’m medically trained, so I knew to start chest compressions.”

Vinsonhalor and the rest of the citizens' efforts were not enough, though, and Hager was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after, police said.

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“I was talking to him telling him how much I always appreciate him doing that for us,” she explained to the outlet.

Vinsonhalor also noted that while she was performing CPR on Hager, he was still breathing so she spoke with him and tried to keep him calm.

“I knew that I needed to pray for him while we were doing this,” she told the outlet. “Then the police came. They said he didn’t suffer.”

An administrator at Blue Arctic Waste told KTUU that Hager was “a diligent employee who had worked at the company for several years” and was a “customer favorite” because of how helpful he was to people on his route.

A spokesperson for Blue Arctic Waste did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

source: people.com