Fallen Towers

A Georgia tow operator was struck and killed on March 15 by an out-of-control vehicle on Interstate 85 near Newnan, GA. Operator Toby Bowden, 49, was at an accident scene that closed the left lane and left emergency lane. He was standing in the left side emergency lane near fire engines when a 2006 Honda…

A tow operator was struck and killed Saturday, Dec. 10, on US Highway 183 near Goldthwaite, Texas. Operator Patrick Morin, 61, of Buchanan Dam, was loading a vehicle at approximately 6 p.m. when a driver in a pickup failed to move over and struck him. The driver of the pickup, which is believed to be…

The tow operator who was struck and killed Friday night, December 2, in Columbus, Ga., has been identified as Jonathan Begley, 41, who worked for Griffin and Griffin Towing of Columbus. The incident occurred on an entrance ramp to JR Allen Parkway from Moon Road. Begley was loading a Georgia State Trooper’s disabled vehicle when…

An Oklahoma tow operator was struck and killed by a vehicle on the night of November 26 in Wagoner County. According to reports from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, operator John Mills, 31, of Muskogee was loading a car onto a tow truck on U.S. Route 69 when a vehicle driven by Robert Marshall, 76, of…

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said a tow operator has died from injuries 10 days after he was hit by a pickup on the shoulder of Interstate 244 in Tulsa. Troopers said that on October 2 at approximately 6:50 p.m., Curtis Kelsey, 70, was working on a disabled vehicle east of Mingo Road when  a driver…

A tow operator died November 15 in a single-vehicle crash near Interstate 44 in Joplin, Missouri. According to the Joplin Police Department, operator Bradley E. Skaggs, age 18 of Lanagan, Missouri, was the only occupant in a 2003 Chevrolet tow truck that rolled over into a ditch on the roadway shoulder just east of Rangeline…

A Florida tow operator was killed Thursday, Nov. 10, on the Florida Turnpike in Orange County. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the operator, a 42-year-old man from Poinciana, was assisting at a single-vehicle crash. He was outside of his truck with his warning lights activated, and a FHP trooper with lights activated was also…

A tow operator was killed Tuesday, November 8, as a result of a towing accident in Twentynine Palms, Calif. A sheriff’s report stated that at approximately 5 p.m., operator Michael Micheletti, 42, was attempting to tow a tractor-trailer when the tractor “slid off the tow truck’s lift, rolling backwards and trapping him under the tractor.”…

An Amarillo, Texas, tow operator was killed Friday, Oct. 21, after being struck by a semi-trailer on I-40 approximately 36 miles west of Vega, Texas. Texas Department of Public Safety officials said operator Scottie Dunn, 42, was standing on the shoulder of I-40 westbound at approximately 5:15 a.m. after hooking to a semi-trailer. An oncoming…

The 47-year-old tow operator who was struck and killed Saturday, Oct. 8, at 3:20 a.m. while assisting a disabled vehicle on the Long Island Expressway near Queens, New York, has been identified as Carlos Santiago of Howard Beach. According to hews reports, Santiago and the driver of the disabled vehicle were in the westbound lanes…