Monday night a North Texas tow truck driver working on an overpass was thrown off a bridge and killed after a suspected drunk driver crashed into the operator, according to Dallas Police.

DPD said around 9:44 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 30, a tow truck operator was hooking up a gray 2008 Nissan Altima to his tow truck in the 8100 block of LBJ Freeway on the southbound overpass to U.S. HWY 75, also known as the High Five in North Dallas.

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Police said the driver of a black 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe crashed into the man and the car he was working on. 35-year-old Denise Chantel Alford was arrested for intoxication manslaughter.

Police said the impact knocked the tow truck driver off the overpass and onto the eastbound I-635 below. He was killed. Tuesday evening the medical examiner identified the man as 35-year-old Garry McGee.


A North Texas family and the tow truck community are mourning the loss of a driver who was killed while working. Dallas police say a suspected drunk driver crashed into the tow truck driver on the High Five overpass in Dallas Monday night.

Monday night a North Texas tow truck driver working on an overpass was thrown off a bridge and killed after a suspected drunk driver crashed into the operator, according to Dallas Police.

A gofundme page for McGee states he leaves behind a wife, a one-year-old daughter, and a 14-year-old stepdaughter.

 A whole family was rocked today because of one person's decision,  said McGee's sister-in-law Heather Southerland.

Southerland described McGee as the life of the party.

 Everything he did was times five. You know, if you did something small, he had to do it five times bigger, so he was very much larger than life,  she said.

As her family prepares for a funeral, Southerland said she hopes their tragedy will serve as a warning for people not to drink and drive.

 My heart and prayers go out to the family of that fallen tower, we see it all too often,  said Ken Ulmer, chairman of Texas Towing and Storage Asso

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