Fallen Towers

A tow operator was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver shortly after 7 a.m., Wednesday, December 3, on westbound Highway 401 in Blandford-Blenheim, Ontario, Canada. Authorities determined that the operator was assisting a stranded motorist when he was struck by a passing vehicle that did not remain at the scene. The operator, a 42-year-old…

A tow operator was killed on Friday evening, Nov. 21, in a traffic crash in Freetown, MA. Authorities have identified the operator as Manuel Andrade, 52, of Taunton, MA. Massachusetts State Police responded to the crash at approximately 6 p.m. According to authorities, Andrade’s tow truck was traveling in the left travel lane of an…

A tow operator was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver Tuesday morning, October 7, on the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles. Operator Carlos Trejo, Jr., 57, was on the right shoulder of the southbound lanes at the West Florence exit when a vehicle struck him at approximately 1:35 a.m. The driver of the vehicle…

A tow operator was struck and killed Saturday, October 4, on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in Baltimore, MD. According to reports, the yet-unidentified operator was loading a vehicle onto the bed of his truck in the southbound lanes at 12:47 a.m. when he was struck by a passing car. The driver of the car remained at…

According to a September 26, 2025, report on localaccidents.com in Beaufort County, SC, a tow operator who worked for Rahn’s Wrecker Service of Rincon, GA, was killed in what was described as a workplace accident. At approximately 2:45 p.m. on September 25, operator Floyd Crespo had completed the recovery of a semi-truck that had become…

A tow operator died after being struck while loading a disabled vehicle Tuesday, July 8, on Interstate 2 in Harlingen, Texas. Officials say operator David Zapata, 46, was on the shoulder at approximately 5 p.m. securing a vehicle to a flatbed tow truck when a Dodge Ram driven by Cristobal Stephan Garzez, 28, failed to…

A tow operator was struck and killed on July 2 as he assisted a disabled passenger vehicle on I-287 in Harding Township, NJ. According to the state police, the operator, Daniel “DJ” Ortiz, 24, from Hopatcong was on the right shoulder of the roadway between 12 and 1 p.m. when a Jeep SUV drove onto…

A Florida tow operator was struck and killed on April 14 on U.S. Highway 27 south of Lake Placid, FL. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, operator Ken Sposato, 53, a resident of Labelle, was standing between the outside lane and the tow truck at approximately 3:25 p.m. when the driver of a northbound oncoming…

A New York tow operator was struck and killed while loading a disabled vehicle Tuesday, April 15 in Bay Shore, NY. Operator Richard Rodriguez, 32, of Freeport, was on the shoulder of the Sunrise Highway at approximately 1:40 p.m. when he was struck by a passing car. According to police, the driver who struck Rodriguez…

According to news reports, A tow operator was killed and his 15-year-old son was seriously injured when the heavy-duty tow truck he was driving collided with another semi truck on December 24 in Kankakee County, Illinois. The Illinois State Police reports that at approximately 7 a.m. on Christmas Eve a truck driver lost control of…