One person died and another was injured after they were struck by a garbage truck in Lowell early Tuesday morning, according to officials.

The garbage truck backed into a man shortly before 5 a.m. on Spring Street, the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office and Lowell Police Department said in a joint statement.

The man died at the scene, officials said. A woman who was with him was also taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.

Authorities have not publicly identified either person but said an investigation is underway.

A witness who spoke with The Lowell Sun told the local newspaper the two individuals were homeless and had been sleeping on the narrow Spring Street when the garbage truck reversed into them.

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