Fallen Towers

A group of tow operators gathered at the Howard Frankland Bridge in Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 13, to remember a Florida tow operator who was killed in 2016, and promote awareness of the state’s slow down/move over law. Each year, the group has honored operator Roger Perez-Borroto, who was struck and killed while stopping…

(The following information was provided by Ginger Darling.) When: Saturday, Feb 13, 2021, at 5 p.m. — 9 p.m. (approximate) Where: The east (driving from Pinellas County to Tampa) end of the Howard Franklin bridge (I-275) What: We are gathering for a “Light-Up” in honor of Roger Perez-Borroto This is the 5th anniversary of Roger…

A tow truck procession will honor tow operator Robert Clayton, who was killed in a semi crash Wednesday, October 28, on Interstate 24 in Marion County Tennessee. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Clayton, who was an operator for Monteagle Wrecker Service in Monteagle, Tenn., was assisting a stranded AAA motorist near the Kimball/South Pittsburg…

Two tow truck operators were struck and killed Sunday, Oct. 25, while recovering a disabled vehicle from a ditch on Interstate 90 near Columbus, Mont. According to the Montana Highway Patrol, the operators, a 28-year-old male from Reed Point and a 37-year-old male from Billings, had two tow trucks positioned in the eastbound passing lane…

Update: The tow operator who was struck and killed Monday, September 14, at approximately 8:45 p.m., on the eastbound Foothill Freeway in La Verne, Calif., has been identified as Christopher Herrera, 40, of La Habra. The California Highway Patrol stated that witnesses reported a BMW driving erratically and almost hitting other vehicles. Shortly afterward, the…

A Georgia tow operator was struck and killed Thursday, Sept. 17, while loading a vehicle on the shoulder of Interstate 20 in McDuffie County, Ga. Eugene Jennings (Jason) Willis III, 31, was hit by a vehicle that crossed the fog line at approximately 2:30 a.m., according to the Georgia State Patrol. The motorist driving the…

Tow operators joined in a memorial procession Friday, Aug. 28, in New Braunfels, Texas, to honor tow operator Tristin Cother. Cother, 22, was killed Aug. 20 when he was struck by an 18-wheeler on the shoulder of Interstate 35 in Kyle, Texas. He was a tow truck operator with his family’s business, The Wrecker Man Towing…

Police in Kyle, Texas, have reported that a tow operator Tristen Cother, 22, was killed on the shoulder of Interstate 35 early Thursday morning (August 20). Cother’s tow truck and a box truck were parked on the side of the interstate when an 18-wheeler driven by Jose Luis Juarez of Laredo, Texas, struck the two…

A tow operator was killed in a crash on I-15 southbound northeast of Las Vegas Valley on Monday, July 10. The operator was driving an Isuzu flatbed tow truck that collided with the rear of a large Army National Guard vehicle traveling slower than the tow truck. The Nevada Highway Patrol, which responded to the…