Washington tow technician Raymond Mitchell, 33, was killed on September 22, 2021 while retrieving a disabled vehicle on Interstate 5 near Kalama when the rear trailer of a passing logging truck swung into him, according to Clark County Today. Mitchell was the second Washington tow operator killed in 2021, intensifying the state's Slow Down, Move Over campaign.
Operator takeaway
Swung trailers are a different failure mode than driver inattention; the legal-lane truck still kills the operator. Position the recovery truck as a physical shield between live traffic and your driver, every time.