Apparent grenade found in Phila. trash truck

Sanitation workers discovered what appeared to be a grenade in the back of their truck Friday morning in the city's Kingsessing section, officials said.

The object was inert, police said.

The incident occurred about 9, while the workers were collecting trash in the 2000 block of South Frazier Street, officials said.

After spotting the object, the workers drove the truck to the end of the block and called police. The bomb squad removed the object. - Robert Moran