It was a normal Monday work day for Darrell Sheriff. The 41-year-old was working his regular shift as a private contractor in ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A construction worker died after hot asphalt was dumped on him. A tragic ...

A tragic accident occurred in Mississippi when 41-year-old contractor Darrell Sheriff died after being buried by a load of hot asphalt.

A man has died in a horror accident after being buried under hot asphalt while trying to fix a dumpster truck. Darrell ...

Darrell Sheriff, 41, was underneath the truck working on a hydraulic line when the tailgate opened and asphalt fell on him, Jackson Police Department said in a statement. Jackson Police Chief Joseph ...

A man died Monday after a dump truck poured hot asphalt over his body at a construction site in Mississippi, police 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, a private contractor, lost his life in the freak accident after he tried to repair a dump truck loaded with boiling hot asphalt at AJ Materials on McDowell Road. Darrell was ...

"It appeared to be some type of malfunction with his dump truck," Wade said, adding it was a "horrific situation." ...

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.