Speeding wrecker driver killed after hitting drunk driver in northeast Houston

This is sad, although no surprise since most tow truck drivers are like this. They always race to an accident scene to make their money. I see them all the time speeding down the freeways and being nuisances to other drivers.

 

I'll find it to be incredibly difficult to muster up any sympathy for this guy. I hate how tow truck drivers go around with zero regard for anyone else on the road. But bonus points for taking a DWI driver off the road.

 

So did the other wrecker guy tow the busted up tow truck?

 

Zero sympathy for the wrecker driver since he died doing what he loves........




.............................driving like an asshat wrecker douche. Good thing no one else died.

 

Did they tow his tow truck?

 

I'm sorry but wrecker driver's in this city are the freaking worst. I my self have gotten into arguments with two wrecker drivers for tailgating me and the other for cutting me off twice.

 

Tow trucks driving like this happens all the time. How is there not a city ordinance against this kind of activity? Citizens should be able to call in wrecker drivers to some type of agency. It's ridiculous how many times I've been damn near slammed into going 70 on the freeway by a tow truck driving at least 90 to go make his money. Vultures.

 

In Dallas, there is a rotating schedule for tow truck companies, so you don't see the maniac tow truck drivers.

It sucks though, because wrecks get cleared much slower than in Houston.

 

tow truckers basically rape their customers with their charges. and have no care for other drivers on the road as they race to make their money. sad for the family but can't feel too sorry that one less trucker is gone.

 

The guy that the wrecker hit is being charged with intoxication manslaughter...even though the wrecker was at fault? Wow.
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http://www.khou.com/news/local/HPD-...nk-driver-in-northeast-Houston-100111014.html

by Allison Triarsi / 11 News

khou.com

Posted on August 9, 2010 at 11:28 AM

Updated today at 11:29 AM

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HOUSTON – A wrecker driver who was racing another driver to the scene of an accident was killed when he crashed into a car in northeast Houston early Friday, according to police. Police said the driver struck by the speeding wrecker was charged with intoxication manslaughter because he was drunk behind the wheel.

Police said it was a bizarre chain of events where all parties involved had some fault in what happened on the road.

Police said two tow trucks were racing down Jensen around 1 a.m. trying to beat each other to the scene of an accident. The drivers then came to the intersection at Laura Koppe where a car was approaching the red light.

Police said 25-year-old Rogelio Villalobos was changing lanes in his blue Nissan 240SX when he was struck by one of the speeding tow trucks.

The tow truck driver swerved to miss the Nissan, but sideswiped it instead, according to police. The wrecker driver then lost control of the truck, slammed into a wooden electric pole, then careened into a metal pole. The mangled truck then flipped over and landed upside down.

The driver died at the scene. Witnesses said the other tow truck never even stopped.

Villalobos survived with minor injuries, but police said he was legally drunk. His blood alcohol level was 0.13, which is over the legal limit. He was arrested for DWI and intoxication manslaughter charges were added later.

The tow truck driver was an employee of the Zone 3 wrecker service. His boss came to the scene and said the victim was a hard-working family man, had over 25 years experience and had been with his company for almost 5 years. He said he could not imagine his driver caused the accident.

The deceased driver's identity is being withheld pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

 

My wife almost got ran off a road by a wrecker a few months back. I have no sympathy. Wreckers are bottom scum dwellers. I guess lawyers fall in this category as well.

 

That charge doesn't make sense. The legally drunk guy deserves some penalty, but if he was pulling up to a stop at a red light, and the tow truck driver hits him...yeah, I don't see this charge sticking.

 

how is it his fault? i'm willing to bet if the guy wasn't drunk, he wouldn't be hit with this charge.

 

Yeah it doesn't make any sense, unless the drunk guy actually caused the wreck. But that's not what it sounds like to me.

 

I'm glad to see we have so many drunk-driver sympathizers on this board

but, but, he didn't do anything wrong! he was just taking a casual stroll in his ride after knocking down a few drinks!

And people wonder why drunk driving-related accident are so common. It's this damn sympathetic mindset that we have. He was driving drunk for god's sake, putting your loved ones and my loved ones at risk, They can fry him for all care.

 

per wiki

He was racing, and intoxicated, and someone died. There's the rational for the charge. Possibly the lawyers will argue whether the act of racing caused the death -- or if it has to be more direct. Many jurisdictions cast a wide net of responsibility when racing is involved.

What a crazy system for tow drivers to make a living. And I'm not too heartbroken for a tow truck driver who reports to work drunk (and then races to the scene).

EDIT:

I misread the story -- it was not a tow driver drunk. Count me in with those perplexed....a reaaaalllly wide net to include the car driver as a cause of two others racing....

 

Sympathy = 0

I've seen too many of these guys running red lights and going 90 down 610.

 

This story has so much karma in it.

That's ridiculous. I'm in favor of charging people for the crimes they actually commit. We have a law against drunk driving already and they can charge him with that. There's no need to make up some charges to pin on the guy.

You think if he wasn't intoxicated, they wouldn't have charged him with Intoxication Manslaughter?