"It appeared to be some type of malfunction with his dump truck," says Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade, per NBC News. "My ...

A Mississippi man died in a horrific, freak accident this week after being buried alive in hot asphalt while attempting to ...

A man was killed when hot asphalt poured on him at AJ Materials in Jackson, Mississippi. Police believe a dump truck malfunction caused the accident, with the victim attempting to fix it when the ...

A man was killed Monday fixing a dump truck in Mississippi when scalding asphalt fell on him, police said. Officers responded to a call about an accident about 10:30 a.m., Jackson Police Chief ...

A “hard-working family man” was killed when a dump truck malfunctioned and buried him in hot asphalt, Mississippi law enforcement said. The private contractor was picking up a load of asphalt ...

A Mississippi man died in a horrific, freak accident this week after being buried alive in hot asphalt while attempting to fix his dump truck. The incident occurred on, Nov. 4 at AJ Materials in ...

Officers said they arrived and found an unidentified man buried under hot asphalt. Police Chief Joseph Wade said it appeared there was a malfunction with a dump truck. Wade said it appeared the ...

Screengrab from the Jackson Police Department's video A “hard-working family man” was killed when a dump truck malfunctioned and buried him in hot asphalt, Mississippi law enforcement said.