Texas Tow Operator Killed in Roadside Crash
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Police in Kyle, Texas, have reported that a tow operator Tristen Cother, 22, was killed on the shoulder of Interstate 35 early Thursday morning (August 20).
Cother’s tow truck and a box truck were parked on the side of the interstate when an 18-wheeler driven by Jose Luis Juarez of Laredo, Texas, struck the two vehicles. Cother and the driver of the box truck were standing outside of their vehicles when the crash occurred at approximately 4:51 a.m. Cother died at the scene. The box truck driver was taken to a hospital with injuries.
The Kyle Police Department said Juarez fled the scene and was later arrested with the assistance of the Hays County Sheriff’s Office. He is charged with accident involving death.