A man died Monday after a dump truck poured hot asphalt over his body at a construction site in Mississippi, police said.

A tragic accident occurred in Mississippi when 41-year-old contractor Darrell Sheriff died after being buried by a load of hot asphalt.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A construction worker died after hot asphalt was dumped on him. A tragic ...

JACKSON, Miss. - A man in Mississippi was killed after hot asphalt was poured on top of him, according to authorities.

A Mississippi man died Monday morning when a malfunction caused hot asphalt from a dump truck to fall on top of him.

"It appeared to be some type of malfunction with his dump truck," Wade said, adding it was a "horrific situation." ...

A man has died in a horror accident after being buried under hot asphalt while trying to fix a dumpster truck. Darrell ...

A private contractor in Mississippi was killed in a freak accident when he was fatally buried under hot asphalt. Per the AP, ...

A Mississippi man died in a horrific, freak accident this week after being buried alive in hot asphalt while attempting to ...

"It appears to be an accidental death at this particular time," Jackson Police Department said of the Monday, Nov. 4 tragedy ...

Police in Mississippi's capital said a man died Monday when he was trying to repair a dump truck and asphalt poured onto him. Darrell Sheriff, 41, was underneath the truck working on a hydraulic line ...

A Mississippi man was fatally “buried” alive under “hot asphalt” after his truck malfunctioned and released the smoldering pavement on top of him, according to police.