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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a man has been killed at an industrial accident in northeast Philadelphia when he was hit by a one-ton garbage bale. Police said the 42-year-old man was struck by the 2,000-pound bale filled with garbage at Waste Management in the Holmesburg section of the city. He was taken to Aria Health-Torresdale after the accident and was pronounced dead just before 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Authorities are investigating the accident.

Man struck, killed by one-ton garbage bale in Philadelphia