LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A newly-obtained police report sheds light on what a Louisville garbage truck driver did after a woman was picked up and later died during routine alley cleanup.

Tyrah Adams died following the Feb. 12 incident on Cedar Street, near 26th Street. 

According to the report, video from a nearby business shows the hydraulic arm and claw picking up a large pile of trash. After picking it up, the arm appears to put the pile back on the ground.

The operator of the arm stepped off the truck and walked toward the pile, returned to the driver's seat then pulled the truck forward, the report continued.

Several minutes later, Tyrah Adams was screaming for help as she stumbled to a nearby store, where she collapsed. The store clerk called 911. Another person in the store also called 911, telling EMS to hurry "because the woman laying on the floor was 'turning colors no white woman should be.'"

Another camera in the area showed the garbage truck stay at the scene until EMS left. 

Police are still investigating Adams' death as her family pushes for answers.

In 911 calls released last week, a caller can be heard urgently asking for help after realizing someone had been picked up by a garbage truck. 

In another call, you can hear Adams moaning and yelling in the background. 

Adams was homeless, and those who knew her said she would often sleep in a large cardboard box near an area surrounded by trash. Her family's attorney said she was picked up and dropped somewhere around the alley. Witnesses said she walked to the nearby J&M Food Mart in bad condition.

A caller from inside the food mart tells dispatchers "She is looking pretty rough." The dispatcher tells them not to let Adams have anything to eat or drink, and to "rest in the most comfortable position and wait for help to arrive." 

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said garbage crews were cleaning an alley when the truck scooped up trash and didn't see Adams. Alley cleanups happen hundreds of times each day across the city, officials said.

City officials said there's no evidence Metro Public Works employees did anything wrong. However, because a city vehicle was involved, the Louisville Metro Police Department Public Integrity Unit is investigating.

The Metro Public Works employees involved were placed on administrative leave while the investigation continues.

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