Tower Down - 04.17.23 (IA) "Updated 04.29.23"

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ISP: One person dead in accident on I-80 near Bettendorf (IA)

 

BETTENDORF, Iowa (KWQC) - One person is dead Monday morning after a three-vehicle accident on I-80 near Bettendorf, according to Iowa State Patrol.

 

Troopers say a bus was broken down on the shoulder of the road westbound near mile marker 302 at 2:07 a.m. when it was being assisted by a tow truck. Then a 2015 Jeep Patriot hit a tow operator who was not in a vehicle.

 

The accident is still under investigation and charges are pending, according to an ISP crash report.

 

This is a developing story. TV6 will update the story online and on-air when we learn more.

 

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from Todd Leiss:

United States Emergency Responder Struck-By Death #12 of 2023 is Iowa Tow Truck operator Mark Muske of Tegeler Wrecker & Crane - Cedar Rapids. Mr. Muske was a United States Army Veteran having served in Operation Desert Storm and was the father of two sons.

 

Mr. Muske is the 12th United States Emergency Responder struck in the past 45 days or an emergency responder struck and killed every 3.75 days.

 

National Struck-By Heroes

Iowa Traffic Incident Management

PennTIME - Pennsylvania Statewide Traffic Incident Management Group

Emergency Responder Safety Institute

 

From Jake Schroeder:

It is with extremely heavy hearts that we inform the communities we serve that we lost one of our wrecker operators. A member of the Tegeler Wrecker and Crane Family that we so dearly loved in an accident while he was performing a tow.

 

Mark Muske was an amazing person, an outstanding team member and a military veteran. Mark was a father to two sons who he dearly loved and cherished, he was a son and a friend to so many who he crossed paths with. Mark was a member of the United States Army and a Desert Storm Veteran. He came to work telling stories of his boys and always accepted any job given to him with “okie dokie”. He will be forever deeply missed by our Tegeler Family, but never forgotten. Our hearts are hurting and mourn for Mark’s family and friends. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers.

 

 

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Our thoughts and prayers

 

[Steve Catlett]

My prayers for this driver and his family 

[Pullinghorse]

Condolences to the family 

[Ricky Parker]

prayers

[5towman]

Thoughts and prayers. 

[auto rescue]

My Condolences to the operators family.

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Video: Close call on Interstate 80 shows importance of Move Over law

 

 

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This is in a construction zone as well, very congested at this spot!!!

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Family, friends of Mark Muske, tow truck operator, fatally struck-killed, to hold convoy to funeral home

 

 

MOLINE, Ill. (KWQC) - “Move over. It’s the right thing to do.” That’s what friends and family of Mark Muske, a tow truck operator who was fatally struck and killed earlier in the month, are encouraging motorists to do.

 

Family and friends of Muske invite the public to join them in lighting the way for Muske to Trimble Funeral Home, 701 12th Street on Friday with a convoy.

They say that anyone who would like to join them is welcome and that they will have three different meeting locations across the QCA, and a little further, to make the convoy accessible from all directions.

 

The three different meeting locations include the following:

 

* Coral Ridge Mall, 1451 Coral Ridge Avenue in Coralville, Iowa, with the convoy leaving Coral Ridge Mall, promptly at 8:30 a.m. on Friday

 

* Hy-Vee, 400 South Locust Street in Dubuque, Iowa, with the convoy leaving Hy-Vee, promptly at 8:30 a.m. on Friday

 

* Flying J Travel Center, 8200 Northwest Boulevard in Davenport, Iowa, with the convoy meeting at Flying J by 10 a.m. on Friday and traveling to Trimble Funeral Home

 

Event organizers say that the convoy will travel with their lights on while driving at a speed of 50 mph. to signify “slow down and move over.”

 

High-visibility clothing will be worn as well. “We encourage everyone to dress in high-visibility clothing,” said event organizers. “We may not be heard, but we can be seen! Mark’s life mattered too.”

 

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