Mississippi Tow truck driver killed was an off-duty police officer

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The Desoto County Mississippi Sheriff’s Department has identified the tow truck driver  killed on Tuesday, April 23, as Tommy R. McKee. According to news reports, McKee was loading a car onto his tow truck near the East Commerce Street exit of northbound I-55 when he was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by Devan E. Simpson, who was issued a citation for failure to move over.

McKee was also an off-duty police officer for the town of Crenshaw, Mississippi,