Tow truck driver dies after bus rolls over him on I-475 ramp
Updated on October 23, 2017 a
By Dominic Adams
MT. MORRIS TWP., MI - A 60-year-old man died Monday when a bus he was preparing to tow rolled on top of him.
The 20-year employee of George's Towing Company was preparing to tow a disabled Mass Transportation Authority bus at about 9 a.m. Oct. 23 on the southbound exit ramp of Interstate 475 at Saginaw Street, Mt. Morris Township police Chief Terence Green said.
The man's name has not yet been released because his family had not been notified.
Police said the man was underneath the bus when it rolled backward off of two support blocks.
"Basically, the bus fell on top of him causing fatal injuries," Green said.
There was no one on the bus at the time of the incident, Green said.
The bus continued to roll backward after falling off the blocks and the man was not breathing when police arrived.
He was taken to Hurley Medical Center and pronounced dead, Green said.
The man had just turned 60 last week, police said, and was described by the towing company as a great employee.
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MOUNT MORRIS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) – Police say a towing company worker has died after a bus he was preparing for a tow rolled on top of him.
Mount Morris Township Police Chief Terence Green says the accident occurred about 9 a.m. Monday on a ramp of Interstate 475 north of Flint.
Green says said the 60-year-old employee of George’s Towing Company was underneath the Mass Transportation Authority bus when it rolled backward off of two support blocks.
He tells The Flint Journal no one was on the bus at the time.
The man’s name was being withheld pending notification of relatives.