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Man dies after getting stuck in donation bin outside Walmart, Tennessee cops say

A man was found dead in a donation bin outside a Tennessee Walmart after getting stuck on Sunday, police say.

Police were called to the store in Clarksville just before 4 p.m. about a man being stuck in the bin for clothing and shoe donations, according to a release from the Clarksville Police Department.

When officials got there, they found part of the man’s body sticking out of the bin, police say.

Emergency responders pulled the 48-year-old out of the bin, and he was pronounced dead, police say.

Police don’t expect foul play, the release says. No other details, including the man’s name, have been released.

Clarksville is in northern Tennessee, about 50 miles from Nashville.

This story was originally published February 3, 2020 at 12:47 PM with the headline "Man dies after getting stuck in donation bin outside Walmart, Tennessee cops say."

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Bailey Aldridge
The News & Observer
Bailey Aldridge is a reporter covering real-time news in North and South Carolina. She has a degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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