Echol Cole and Robert Walker - sparking the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike

Death of Echol Cole and Robert Walker

Accidental deaths of two American sanitation workers

Echol Cole and Robert Walker were sanitation workers who died accidentally in Memphis, Tennessee at the corner of Colonial Rd. and Verne Rd. on February 1, 1968. While working that day, the pair sought refuge from a rainstorm in the compactor area of their garbage truck. The two…