WARNING: EMS, TROOPERS AND TOW TRUCK DRIVERS ARE AT HIGH RISK OF INJURY WHILE THEY DO THEIR JOBS ON THE ROADS ASSISTING PEOPLE: TOW TRUCK DRIVER IS STRUCK AND KILLED ON MASS. PIKE BY A TRUCK
February 11, 2015
I-90, AUBURN, MASSACHUSETTS:
An unidentified man was killed when he was struck by a truck
on Interstate 90 East in Auburn on Wednesday, State Police said.
The incident occurred when 45-year-old Richard Taylor of
Taunton, while driving a box truck along I-90 East in the right travel lane at
about 3 p.m., struck a tow truck driver who was assisting a disabled vehicle in
the breakdown lane, according to State Police.
The tow truck driver was pronounced dead at the scene near
Exit 10. Taylor was uninjured, and no charges have been filed against him. The
crash is under investigation by State Police.
No other details were available on Wednesday night.
Unfortunately the statistics do not lie: EMS personnel, troopers and tow truck drivers
are at high risk of injury while they do their jobs on the roads assisting
people. Nothing will save them:
reflective clothing, signs or not they will still get hit by other
drivers. So be careful out there and do
not become an injury statistic.
