Fallen Towers

Pennsylvania State Police have reported that a tow operator was struck by a vehicle and killed Saturday night, November 6, on Interstate 80. The crash occurred near mile marker 184 in Clinton County. According to reports, the operator, James. P. Corl, 80, owner of Valley Truck and Trailer in State College, died at the scene…

A tow operator was struck and killed Wednesday, Nov. 3, while recovering a vehicle on I-5 southbound near Roseburg, Ore. Operator Henry Alan Lichtwald, 63, of Roseburg was recovering the vehicle at approximately 10:50 p.m. when, according to Oregon State Police, the driver of an approaching tractor-trailer failed to move over and struck the tow…

A tow truck operator was killed Tuesday, October 19 in an on-the-job accident in Onteulaunee Township, Pa. According to news reports, operator Jose A. Tirado Zamot, 46, of Reading had used a heavy-duty tow truck to tow a truck tractor to the Berman Truck Group property near Leesport. Although there were no witnesses to the…

A Washington state tow operator was killed Wednesday, September 22, on the shoulder of Interstate 5 south of Kalama, Wash. Operator Raymond Mitchell, 33, was assisting a motorist at approximately 10:30 a.m. when, according to reports, a passenger car traveling in the right lane slowed, causing a following log truck with an unloaded bobtail trailer…

A tow operator was struck and killed Monday night by an intoxicated motorist on the Dallas High 5 interchange in North Dallas, Texas. Operator Garry McGee, 35, of Fort Worth, was hooking up a disabled vehicle on the ramp from Interstate 635 to the Central Expressway at approximately 10 p.m. when the vehicle was hit…

A Florida tow operator was struck and killed Friday night on the Florida Turnpike near Clermont in Lake County. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say the 34-year-old operator from Orlando was outside of his tow truck assisting a disabled motorist at approximately 10 p.m. when a pickup truck travelling northbound left the roadway and struck him…

According to news report on CBSN4, Denver, a tow operator was struck and killed by a vehicle Thursday night, July 29, on the side of southbound Interstate 25 in Castle Rock, Colo. Colorado State Patrol troopers said operator David Meyer, 30, was assisting or towing a vehicle near Castle Pines Parkway when he was hit.…

A tow operator was struck and killed late Friday night, July 16, while moving a vehicle off the Turner Turnpike near Kellyville, Okla. A news report stated that operator Donovan Knippenburg was outside of his tow truck on the side of the turnpike when he was hit. He worked for A-WOW Towing & Recovery of…

According to news reports, a tow operator died on July 12 after suffering medical distress at the scene of a collision near Oro-Medonte in south-central Ontario, Canada. Officers from the Ontario Provincial Police responded to the scene at approximately 5 a.m. The driver of the crash vehicle was hospitalized with minor injuries and later charged…