A man was found dead in a garbage truck near a Long Island middle school Thursday morning, according to authorities.

The truck was stopped outside William Rogers Middle School in Kings Park around 6:30 a.m. when someone spotted a man inside the truck’s trash receptacle, WABC reported.

That man was pulled alive from the truck and quickly transported to a nearby hospital for treatment of a leg injury. However, a second man was also located in the truck, and he was pronounced dead at the scene .

Neither of the victims has been publicly identified.

Suffolk County police believe the two men were sleeping in a dumpster at a shopping center along Veterans Memorial Highway in Commack, about 5 miles away from Rogers Middle School. Investigators said the men were likely unaware of the si

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