HeraldLive reports that a Walmer Township man died in a freak accident at the Arlington tip in Nelson Mandela Bay when he was caught under the wheels of a municipal bulldozer on Thursday.  

Amos Dywili, 54, was picking through trash on the outskirts of the dumpsite just after midday when the heavy duty vehicle with metal wheels reversed over him.  He died at the scene.  Dywili’s devastated sister, Elsie, said Dywili had gone to the tip almost daily, picking through the trash for something he could sell or find a use for.  According to witnesses, Dywili had been waiting for the bulldozer to pass so he could rummage through the trash behind the vehicle.  The driver of the bulldozer was not aware of Dywili and started reversing.  The tragedy is being treated as an accidental death.

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