Fallen Towers

A tow operator was struck and killed in the Desha County community of Mitchellville, Arkansas, Thursday, October 24. A news report stated that James Jones, 30, of Dumas was assisting a stranded motorist on the southbound lane of U.S. Highway 65 at approximately 8 p.m. when an approaching vehicle failed to move over to the…

A Kentucky tow operator was struck and killed Wednesday, September 25, on I-64 in Bath County. Operator Troy Caldwell, 54, of Morehead, KY, was loading a disabled vehicle onto a flatbed tow truck near mile marker 124 when a westbound commercial truck hit him. State police received a call about the incident at 5:17 p.m.…

A tow operator was struck Tuesday, April 16, in Grapevine, TX, after being struck by a commercial vehicle driven by a man who fell asleep at the wheel. Grapevine police responded to the scene on State Highway 121 at 11.55 p.m. Operator Mohammad Ahmed Abdelraheem Abu Rub, 27, was found lying on the highway with…

A Louisiana tow operator was struck and killed Wednesday, April 3, on I-49 in St. Laundry Parish near the village of Washington, LA. Operator Shannon Thibodeaux, 34, of Lafayette was assisting a disabled vehicle with a flat tire on the right shoulder at approximately 2 a.m. A driver in an approaching F-150 pickup left the…

A West Virginia tow operator who was struck by a vehicle on the night of Wednesday, February 14, has succumbed to his injuries. The Berkeley County Professional Firefighters Local 5045 reported that operator Kyle Stephens was struck on I-81 in Berkeley County. Stephens was well-known in his community and regularly assisted the Berkeley County Sheriff’s…

A tow operator was struck and killed by an oncoming vehicle on Tuesday February 13, while loading a vehicle in Northwest Harris County (Houston) Texas. Authorities reported that at approximately 3:32 p.m., operator Simon Garcia was loading a disabled on his flatbed truck while parked on the right lane of the eastbound entrance ramp of…

A tow operator was killed and another injured on Wednesday, Feb. 7 in a multi-vehicle crash on I-20 in Ducanville, TX. The incident occurred eastbound at approximately 1:00 p.m. near Cedar Ridge Drive. According the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, the operators were on the right shoulder with tow trucks preparing to tow a vehicle when…

A tow operator was struck and killed Thursday, January 18 on the Indiana Toll Road at mile marker 114.2 north of Shipshewana in LaGrange County. The Indiana State Police reports that crews were on the scene of an incident at that location at approximately 9:40 a.m. cleaning up a diesel spill and removing a tractor-trailer…

A tow operator was struck and killed Wednesday, December 27, in Jasper County, South Carolina. The South Carolina Highway Patrol said operator Eric Albertson, 39, of Ridgeland, SC, was assisting a motorist on Frontage Road near Ridgeland at approximately 6:23 p.m. The vehicle that struck Albertson left the scene. Albertson was an employee of A1…

A tow operator was struck and killed Wednesday, November 29, on Interstate 255 in Monroe County, Illinois. Police said operator Wade Bivins, 57, of East Carondelet, was assisting a disabled vehicle on the southbound lanes near Columbia at 10:15 a.m. As he loaded the vehicle and was walking along the left side of his truck…