Fallen Towers

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,…

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…

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.…

A tow operator was struck and killed Wednesday May 31, on the Golden State Freeway near Griffith Park in Los Angeles. The operator, Presiliano Chavez, 41, of Sun Valley was hit at approximately 11:12 p.m. while responding to a call to assist a motorist whose vehicle had become disabled. As he was attempting to load…

A tow operator has died after becoming trapped under a charter bus Tuesday, May 9, while attempting to tow the vehicle in Raleigh, NC. At approximately 4:36 p.m., Raleigh Police Department responded to the scene at 1312 Kirkland Drive and discovered that Jon Andrews, an employee of East Coast Towing of Raleigh, died after the…

An Iowa tow operator was struck and killed early Monday morning on the side of Interstate 80 westbound in Scott County, Iowa. The operator, Mark Muske, 52, was an employee of Tegeler Wrecker and Crane. He was struck by a Jeep Patriot while assisting a stalled bus, reports said. The Iowa State Patrol is investigating…

An Ohio tow operator was struck and killed Friday, April 7, alongside Interstate 275 in Ohio. Operator Keith Skaggs, 38, was loading a disabled vehicle at approximately 9:30 p.m. in Anderson Township when a driver in a blue Dodge pickup, reportedly without lights on and traveling at a high rate of speed, lost control of…

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…