A man was killed Monday while fixing a dump truck in Mississippi when scalding asphalt fell on him, police said. Officers found the private contractor, who was tasked with picking up asphalt, “buried under hot asphalt," the chief said. "It appeared to be some type of malfunction with his dump truck,” Wade said. Darrell Sheriff, 41, was underneath the truck working on a hydraulic line when the tailgate opened and asphalt fell on him, the Associated Press reported. His family said he was a “good, hardworking family man,” Wade said.

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Persons: Joseph Wade, ” Wade, Wade, Darrell Sheriff Organizations: Jackson Police, Associated Press, Police Locations: Mississippi