{"id":320790,"date":"2026-05-18T04:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/320790\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T04:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:15:14","slug":"s-f-recology-driver-injured-when-truck-tips-into-recycling-pit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/320790\/","title":{"rendered":"S.F. Recology driver injured when truck tips into recycling pit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A truck tipped into the recycling pit at the\u00a0Recology recycling center Sunday, injuring the driver, who required rescue by the San Francisco Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rescue crews were called to the recycling center around 11:45 a.m. after a front loader drove over the edge of the recycling pit and fell about 30 feet, said Lt. Ken Smith, a fire department spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The department posted a video to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SFFDPIO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:social media;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;social media&quot;}\" class=\"link \">social media<\/a> showing the driver immobilized on a backboard and eight fire crew members guiding him out of the truck along a ladder. He was transported to a hospital with unspecified injuries, Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Smith did not have an update Sunday afternoon on the driver&#8217;s condition but said &#8220;he was talking to us on the way to the hospital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/subscription.sfchronicle.com\/checkout\/2018\/4062?siteID=SFC&amp;origin=acquisition&amp;ipid=article&amp;variant=yahoo2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:There\u2019s more to San Francisco with the Chronicle. Subscribe today for just 25\u00a2.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;There\u2019s more to San Francisco with the Chronicle. 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