Towman Killed in Hilton Head Accident

A longtime tow truck operator was killed Thursday afternoon in Hilton Head in what colleagues are calling a “senseless accident.”

According to Rahn’s Wrecker Service, 20-year towing veteran Floyd Crespo was working on a trailer lift that had become stuck on a curb around 2:45 p.m. on Sept. 25. After pulling his wrecker out of the roadway to clear traffic, Crespo was standing at his control compartment, rolling in cables, when tragedy struck.

The company says the truck Crespo had just recovered drove down to a roundabout, then attempted to turn back into the parking lot. The semi sideswiped the wrecker, pinning Crespo between the wrecker and the trailer. He was killed instantly.

“Contrary to local reports of a pedestrian being struck, this was not the case,” Rahn’s Wrecker Service stated. “This is another case of ‘Slow Down & Move Over.’”

Crespo, who relocated from New Jersey and had been with Rahn’s for three years, was remembered as one of the company’s hardest-working operators. Source: https://www.wtoc.com