Two tow truck operators, a 28-year-old and a 37-year-old, were struck and killed by a pickup truck while on foot recovering a vehicle from a ditch along I-90 at mile marker 413 between Columbus and Park City, Montana on October 25, 2020, during slick road conditions around 6:20 a.m., according to CDL Life. Both operators were pronounced dead at the scene.
Operator takeaway
Two operators killed at the same scene in pre-dawn icy conditions — early morning, bad weather, and limited visibility compound every roadside risk, and staffing two operators on foot multiplies the exposure.