Two Upper West Side trash haulers hospitalized after oxygen cylinder explodes in hopper

Two city trash haulers were hospitalized Friday morning when an oxygen cylinder ruptured in the back of their garbage truck on the Upper West Side, authorities said.

The truck was idling on W. 90th St. and Amsterdam Ave. when the cylinder exploded while being crushed at 7 a.m.

“Upon investigation,…

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