A curious 7-year-old who'd climbed into a garbage bin was saved from a grisly fate by a careful sanitation worker who spotted him in the nick of time.

Elias Quezada was wondering what the inside of a trash can would be like — so on Tuesday, he climbed inside one outside his home in Tampa and closed the lid, he told Fox affiliate WTVT.

But just moments later, a garbage truck rolled by, picking up the bin with a mechanical arm and tossing it in the back, where a garbage disposal-like blade awaited. "Yes [I was scared]," Elias told ...read more + watch video