A man was killed Monday fixing a dump truck in Mississippi when scalding asphalt fell on him, police said. Officers responded to a call about an accident about 10:30 a.m., Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade said. Officers found the private contractor, who was tasked with picking up asphalt, “buried under hot asphalt," Wade said.

A man has died in a horror accident after being buried under hot asphalt while trying to fix a dumpster truck. Darrell Sheriff, a 41-year-old private contractor, had gone to collect the truck from AJ Materials in Jackson, Mississippi, on Monday morning, Jackson Police Department said.