Emergency crews responded to a City of Amarillo landfill, where an accident turned fatal for one Amarillo man.

According to police reports there were three drivers and three trucks from local business "Waste Wranglers" unloading at the landfill. One driver exited his vehicle to assist another. The driver of the truck backed up thinking the helper was out of harms way.

The truck struck 53 year-old Michael Shawn Lightfoot of Amarillo, he was pronounced dead on scene when emergency crews showed up. An autopsy has been ordered by the Justice of the Peace.

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