Garbage truck driver finds baby in Dumpster

SAVANNAH - A garbage truck driver found a newborn in a Dumpster behind a car dealership Monday, seconds before emptying the trash into his truck. <br> <br> Ron Sheppard, who works for Atlantic Waste Services, said he spotted the baby girl around 3:30 a.m. amid a heap of sheet rock, oil filters and other disposables during his 12-hour shift. <br> <br> ``I just thought how close the baby came to being dumped in this thing,&#39;&#39; he said, motioning to a front-end garbage truck. ``It can crush a refrigerator. I had the forks in it. She started twitching her hands, jerking her hands, like babies do.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> The 7-pound, 14-ounce baby appeared to be just hours old, wrapped in a hand- knit bedspread. No one else was around the Dumpster behind Backus Cadillac, Sheppard said. He immediately called 911. <br> <br> Savannah police are looking for the mother. The baby was in stable condition at Memorial Health University Medical Center. The state has taken custody of the child. <br> <br> ``If she had been fully covered, I would never had seen her,&#39;&#39; Sheppard said. ``The kid moved at the right time. I was paying attention at the right time. Then you see that little hand pop up.&#39;&#39;

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