Tow truck driver hit, killed by car on U.S. 27 in Highlands County

Tow truck operator killed on Sunrise Highway in Bay Shore

Richard Rodriguez had stopped his tow truck on the westbound shoulder of Sunrise Highway to pick up a disabled vehicle west of Brentwood Road.

Tow truck driver hit, killed by car on U.S. 27 in Highlands County

LAKE PLACID, Fla. (WFLA) — A tow truck driver was killed Monday after being struck by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 27 in Highlands County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers said the crash happened as the tow truck driver, a 53-year-old Labelle man, was stopped on the northbound shoulder of the highway just north of Ragan Avenue. DUI driver charged in fiery Tampa crash that killed passenger: HCSO He was standing between the outside lan…