A woman got stuck and died in a clothing donation drop box in Plantation, Florida, 28 miles north of Miami, this week.
The Plantation Police Department said on social media that when officers arrived Friday morning, the woman was already dead. The police said the incident is being presumed an accident but is still being investigated.
The woman was middle-aged and homeless, according to Miami’s WSVN, and suffocated after getting stuck.
“It’s super sad. Just trying to get some fresh clothes. … I’ve dropped clothes off in that bin, and the opening is super small. It’s kind of like at the post office when you put a package in. I can’t imagine someone trying to get into there,” an unnamed woman who previously donated to the box told Miami’s WFOR-TV.
The deceased woman’s identity is being held pending notification of her next of kin, police said.
