Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade said authorities arrived on scene to find the victim, a private contractor, "buried under hot asphalt."

A Mississippi man died in a horrific, freak accident this week after being buried alive in hot asphalt while attempting to fix his dump truck. The incident occurred on, Nov. 4 at AJ Materials in Jackson, MI when contractor Darrell Sheriff, 41, was working ...

On Monday, a man horrifically lost his life while repairing a dump truck in Mississippi when scorching asphalt fell on him. On Monday, November 4, around 10:30 a.m. local time, officers from the Jackson Police Department (JPD) responded to a call at AJ Materials in the 1000 block of E.

A 41-year-old man died Monday morning after being buried under hot asphalt while trying to repair his dump truck in Mississippi, authorities said.

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. Darrell Sheriff, 41, was working on a hydraulic line underneath a truck he was picking up from AJ Materials in Jackson on Monday when the tailgate opened and “unloaded” asphalt onto him.