A Florida boy’s attempt to hide in a trash can almost turned tragic when it was picked up by a garbage truck and nearly sent into the choppers as the blades turned on.Â
“I was thinking, ‘This might be the end for me,’†7-year-old Elias Quezada told WFLA, the NBC station in Tampa. “I almost thought I was gonna be a mashed potato.â€
But then a sharp-eyed driver named Waldo Fidele spotted the boy in the truck’s surveillance camera and rushed to turn the choppers off.Â
“It was a bad day for me,†Fidele told Fox13 in Tampa. “I was scared.â€
Luckily, he was able to act in time and call 911 for help.Â
Elias’s grandmother said it all happened so fast.Â
“In a minute, he went out and the next thing I hear is the sound of the truck and a guy screaming,†Carmen Salazar told WFLA.
Elias suffered a minor cut ― and perhaps the beginning of a lifelong aversion to a certain household item.Â
“I don’t like trash cans anymore,†he told WFLA.
Then again, Elias did make an exception when he spoke to Fox 13: “Unless it’s like a tiny trash can that’s inside the house, then it might be fine.â€Â
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