A South Carolina sanitation worker died his very first day on the job when he fell from the back of a garbage truck being driven by his father, turning a sad accident into a heartbreaking family tragedy.

John Derrick Dover, 32, was one of two workers standing atop the truck’s rear platform as crews collected trash in Gaffney around 1:50 p.m. Monday.

As the truck made a turn, Dover fell and hit the pavement, according to Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler.

Dover was rushed by ambulance to Spartanburg Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 3:26 p.m.

“This is a most tragic incident as it was Dover’s first day on the job,” Fowler said.

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