Driver dies after being pinned underneath tow truck (HI)

[TowNews]

02.25.23 - A 61-year-old man has died after he was pinned underneath a tow truck in Moanalua

 

 

[TowZone]

Tow truck driver killed in suspected freak accident in Salt Lake

 

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- A towing mishap appears to have caused the death of a tow truck driver in the Salt Lake area over the weekend.

 

Honolulu Police now say the 61-year-old man was trying to tow an unoccupied vehicle on Bennion Drive in the Salt Lake area Saturday night when that vehicle became dislodged from the tow arm.

 

Police say the victim then accidentally placed the tow truck in reverse. The truck struck a curb and the victim fell out of the open driver’s side door and ended up being pinned the tow truck and the vehicle he was trying to tow.

 

Rescuers rushed the man to the hospital in critical condition where he later succumbed to his injuries.

 

The Towing Information Network has not been able to confirm this was a commercial tow truck.