Fallen Towers

A Georgia tow operator was struck and killed March 27 on Interstate 75 in metro Atlanta. The Georgia State Patrol said operator Troy Simon was preparing to tow a vehicle in the early morning hours when a vehicle driven by Troyvarius Crumedy, 21, struck two Atlanta Police cruisers, then Simon. Simon was taken to Grady…

A Wyoming tow operator was struck and killed April 3 at milepost 184 on Interstate 80 east of Wamsutter, Wyoming. According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol, operator and Wamsutter resident Kirby Lugg, 45, was recovering a vehicle in the median at approximately 3:10 a.m. when a 1995 Kenworth driven by Edgar F. Echeverria, 41, of…

A tow operator was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer Tuesday, March 28, at approximately 9:30 p,m. on Interstate 40 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. According to news reports, operator Kyle McCollough, 27, was assisting a motorist with a disabled vehicle when the semi hit him. He died at the scene. His girlfriend was in the tow…

A Georgia tow operator was struck and killed on March 15 by an out-of-control vehicle on Interstate 85 near Newnan, GA. Operator Toby Bowden, 49, was at an accident scene that closed the left lane and left emergency lane. He was standing in the left side emergency lane near fire engines when a 2006 Honda…

A tow operator was struck and killed Saturday, Dec. 10, on US Highway 183 near Goldthwaite, Texas. Operator Patrick Morin, 61, of Buchanan Dam, was loading a vehicle at approximately 6 p.m. when a driver in a pickup failed to move over and struck him. The driver of the pickup, which is believed to be…

The tow operator who was struck and killed Friday night, December 2, in Columbus, Ga., has been identified as Jonathan Begley, 41, who worked for Griffin and Griffin Towing of Columbus. The incident occurred on an entrance ramp to JR Allen Parkway from Moon Road. Begley was loading a Georgia State Trooper’s disabled vehicle when…

An Oklahoma tow operator was struck and killed by a vehicle on the night of November 26 in Wagoner County. According to reports from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, operator John Mills, 31, of Muskogee was loading a car onto a tow truck on U.S. Route 69 when a vehicle driven by Robert Marshall, 76, of…

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said a tow operator has died from injuries 10 days after he was hit by a pickup on the shoulder of Interstate 244 in Tulsa. Troopers said that on October 2 at approximately 6:50 p.m., Curtis Kelsey, 70, was working on a disabled vehicle east of Mingo Road when  a driver…

A tow operator died November 15 in a single-vehicle crash near Interstate 44 in Joplin, Missouri. According to the Joplin Police Department, operator Bradley E. Skaggs, age 18 of Lanagan, Missouri, was the only occupant in a 2003 Chevrolet tow truck that rolled over into a ditch on the roadway shoulder just east of Rangeline…

A Florida tow operator was killed Thursday, Nov. 10, on the Florida Turnpike in Orange County. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the operator, a 42-year-old man from Poinciana, was assisting at a single-vehicle crash. He was outside of his truck with his warning lights activated, and a FHP trooper with lights activated was also…