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 Joseph Wade said. Officers found the private contractor, who was tasked with picking up asphalt, “buried under hot asphalt," Wade said.

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 Jackson, MI when contractor Darrell Sheriff, 41, was working ...

A man has died in a horror accident after being buried under hot asphalt while trying to fix a dumpster truck. Darrell Sheriff, a 41-year-old private contractor, had gone to collect the truck from AJ Materials in Jackson, Mississippi, on Monday morning, Jackson Police Department said.

A Mississippi man was fatally “buried” alive under “hot asphalt” after his truck malfunctioned and released the smoldering pavement on top of him, according to police. Darrell Sheriff, 41, was working on a hydraulic line underneath a truck he was picking up from AJ Materials in Jackson on Monday when the tailgate opened and “unloaded” asphalt onto him.

A 41-year-old man died Monday morning after being buried under hot asphalt while trying to repair his dump truck in Mississippi, authorities said.