Fallen Towers

A CBS 13WJZ Baltimore news report states that a AAA worker died Tuesday, July 5, as he was assisting a motorist with a disabled vehicle on westbound Route 50 in Bowie, Md. Maryland State Police said Anthony Okozi, 69, of Upper Marlboro was parked behind a van straddling the left lane and left shoulder with…

A tow operator was struck and killed Saturday, June 11, while loading a disabled van on the shoulder of eastbound Interstate 10 in New Orleans, La. The operator has yet to be identified. New Orleans police said the male operator was working to load the van at approximately 2:43 a.m. when a Chevrolet Silverado pickup…

A tow operator was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver Saturday, May 21, as he assisted a motorist with a disabled vehicle on Interstate 91 in North Haven, Conn. News reports state the operator pulled over to the side of the roadway to lend assistance to the motorist and a passing vehicle hit him.…

A Florida tow operator was killed Monday, May 2, when a pickup he was towing struck him. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the operator had repossessed the pickup and was towing it when he pulled over at Southeast Second Street at Southeast 54th Court. He exited the tow truck and went underneath the pickup,…

Tow operator Irael Martinez, 48, died Friday morning as a result of injuries he received on Feb. 24 when he was struck by an on-coming vehicle on the Onondaga Lake Parkway in Syracuse, N.Y. Martinez was loading a disabled vehicle when an SUV driven by Richard Congel, 76, failed to move over and struck him.…

A tow operator was struck and killed Tuesday, Mar. 8, while preparing to tow a disabled vehicle on Route 22 in Readinton, N.J. According to news reports, operator Seth Newton, 26, of Readinton, was outside of his tow truck at approximately 3 p.m. Police had closed the left lane of eastbound Route 22 while he…

A tow operator has died after he as struck by a vehicle Saturday, March 6, while cleaning up debris at a crash in Champaign, Ill. Ross Booker, 20, worked for Tatman’s Towing of Urbana, Ill., and was a volunteer at the St. Joseph – Stanton Fire Protection District. According to news reports, Booker was on…

On March 4, a tow truck procession honored Robert Thornton, 31, an EMS volunteer with the Moonachie First Aid and Rescue Squad and tow operator for Nick’s Towing Service of Rutherford, NJ. Thornton was responding to an accident on the westbound lanes of Route 3 on Feb. 12 when he was struck at approximately 10:30…

Washington tow operators gathered in Lynnwood, Wash., on Thursday, Feb. 17, to honor Joe Masterson, 49, who was killed in the process of towing a vehicle on Interstate 5 in Milton. Masterson was struck by a tractor-trailer on Tuesday, Feb. 15. According to Washington State Patrol troopers, he was on the road shoulder when the…

A 57-year-old tow operator from Miami was struck and killed Sunday, Jan 6, on the Florida Turnpike in St. Lucie County. The operator, who has not been identified, was reportedly standing next to his tow truck in the southbound lane at 12:06 a.m. when a sedan driven by a 20-year-old Deerfield Beach woman struck the…