Fallen Towers

Texas Tow Operator Struck and Killed in Houston Area

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…

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Texas Tow Operator Struck/Killed and Another Injured in I-20 Crash

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…

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Indiana Tow Operator Struck and Killed on Toll Road

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…

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South Carolina Tow Operator Struck and Killed

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…

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Illinois Tow Operator Struck and Killed on Interstate 255

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…

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Iowa Tow Operator Struck and Killed by Impaired Semi Driver

A tow operator was struck and killed Sunday, November 12, on I-80 in Urbandale, Iowa. Operator Joshua Villa, 45, of Adel, Iowa, was assisting a motorist with a disabled vehicle at approximately 10 p.m. As he exited his truck on the right shoulder, he was hit by a semi-truck driven by Dmytro Prysich of Hamtramck,…

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Pennsylvania Tow Operator Struck and Killed

A Pennsylvania tow operator was struck and killed Wednesday, August 16, on the Parkway West in Pittsburgh. The crash occurred just before midnight, reports said. Pennsylvania State Police said operator Husam Shuibat, 53, who worked Advantage Towing in Carnegie, had just secured a vehicle on his flatbed with his lights activated, and was getting back…

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Florida Tow Operator Struck and Killed North Lauderdale

Information was released Tuesday, July 11, regarding a crash in which a tow operator was struck and killed Saturday, July 8, in North Lauderdale, FL. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, at approximately p.m., the operator was outside of the driver’s side of his flatbed tow truck in the 6100 block of West McNab Road.…

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