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Four die sleeping in bins

FOUR people were crushed to death last year after seeking shelter in industrial wheelie bins.

The victims were killed after being tipped with rubbish into lorries.

Waste collection firm Biffa also revealed yesterday that its crews had reported finding 93 people sleeping in their bins in the last year.

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