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The two men found in a garbage truck Thursday in Kings Park have been identified.
Police say 45-year-old Eblein Lopez and 21-year-old Emilson Hernandez were sleeping in a dumpster before it was emptied into the truck.
News 12 is told Lopez died from what is believed to be a head injury after getting crushed inside.
Hernandez suffered a leg injury.
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