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Sanitation worker killed on-duty when truck overturns in Brooklyn Heights

A sanitation worker was killed Monday when his truck went off the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Brooklyn Heights. Police say Michael Occhino, 25, was driving the truck when it overturned just after 4

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