Culpable homicide probe after DSW worker killed in freak accident

A culpable homicide case is being investigated after a municipal worker was killed in a freak accident in Durban.

It's understood the Durban Solid Waste employee was collecting refuse on Thursday when he lost his balance and fell off the truck in the CBD. 

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Police say the truck driver wasn't aware of what had happened and reversed and drove over the worker who was under the heavy-duty vehicle.

He died at the scene.