A New York City Sanitation worker died on the job in Queens on Saturday evening, according to local officials. Richard Errico, a 19-year veteran of the department, appears to have been killed outside of the DSNY garage for District’s 11 and 13 in Douglaston, according to grisly photos from the scene.

It was not clear on Sunday what caused Errico — who worked for the sanitation department for 19 years — to fall out of the truck.

A sanitation worker of 19 years died on job Saturday afternoon, city officials report. Richard Errico, 54, died when he fell and was run over by his own truck on Douglaston Parkway around 5:45 p.m., police say.

A city Sanitation worker was fatally injured Saturday evening at a Department of Sanitation yard in Queens. The worker was operating a sanitation truck at the yard on Douglaston Parkway near Grand Central Parkway,