Victim crushed to death in refuse truck ‘happy living rough’

A MAN, living rough and crushed to death in a refuse collection truck, had chosen a homeless lifestyle, his family said yesterday.

Victim crushed to death in refuse truck ‘happy living rough’

Despite other injuries, gardaí could not determine if there was any foul play in the death of Kevin Fitzpatrick. Brought up in Derby, the 36-year-old had been a talented chess player in his schooldays, but returned to the home country of his parents seven years before his death in September 2007.

His strange lifestyle, living rough, made him happy, a brother said yesterday.

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