Overview
- Tyrah Adams, 35, who was unhoused, was picked up during an alley cleanup on February 12 and later collapsed at a nearby store before being taken to a hospital.
- The Jefferson County coroner said she died from blunt force and compressional trauma linked to contact with a city garbage truck and listed the death as accidental.
- A police report says the grappler operator lifted a pile of trash, set it down, got out to look, then returned to the seat and pulled the truck forward.
- Louisville placed the two Public Works employees on administrative leave, and the Metro Police Public Integrity Unit is leading the investigation.
- The family’s lawyer says truck and nearby camera footage has not been shared and alleges a truck’s internal camera was found covered, and the family plans a civil lawsuit.