DETROIT (AP) -- A woman suspected of shoplifting was crushed to death Wednesday when she tried to hide in a garbage compactor after fleeing security, police said.
Guards at a Value Village store had detained her after suspecting her of shoplifting, but the woman ran, Officer Glen Woods said.
"I guess the first place she ran to hide was the compactor," he said. "Once she jumped in, she triggered the machine."
The compactor starts automatically when it senses a certain weight, he said.
No information on the woman was available.
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