NATALIE, PENNSYLVANIA — A Pennsylvania woman died of hypothermia after getting her arm stuck in the door of a clothing drop-off box while attempting to take out bags from the container.
Judith Permar, 56, of Mount Carmel, was standing on a stepstool when it fell over, breaking her arm and wrist and trapping her in the donation box, PennLive reported.
“She was fishing bags out and the ladder she was standing on gave way, and she couldn’t get her hand loose,” Mount Carmel Police Chief Brian Hollenbush said.
Permar died from blunt force trauma and hypothermia, according to County Coroner James Kelley.
Authorities believe that Permar went to the drop-off box around 2 a.m. on Sunday. She wasn’t found until 8:30 a.m. and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Bags with clothes and shoes that had been pulled from the bin were on the ground next to Permar’s body. Her black Hummer was close by with the engine still running, Hollenbush said.
Police said they received a report in November last year of a woman driving a black Hummer removing items from the bin.
