Woman was ‘grabbed and crushed to death’ by rubbish truck claw clearing alleyway

Tyrah Adams, 35, was sleeping rough at the time of the incident (Picture: Wave 3)

The family of a woman in America who died after the grappler on a bin lorry grabbed her and crushed her to death are planning to sue the local government.

Tyrah Adams, 35, was killed as bin men in Louisville, Kentucky, were clearing an alley because she was picked up by the claw attached to the vehicle, according to the TV channel Wave 3.

Adams was sleeping rough and living behind a convenience shop when she died on February 12.

The coroner in Jefferson County said the cause of the woman’s death was blunt force and compressional trauma.

The ci...