A tow truck driver was killed by a hit and run driver on Highway 50 on 22 February.
According to California Highway Patrol the accident happened near Jefferson Boulevard in West Sacramento. Octavio Portugal received a call from 29 year old Michael Bower on Monday night saying that the tow truck he was driving had overheated on westbound Highway 50 near Jefferson Boulevard. Portugal went out to find him and fixed the truck. He then left, assuming Bower was behind him, but when he realized he wasn’t he returned to where he had left the truck.
When he arrived the CHP officers were there and they had discovered Bower’s body which had apparently been hit by a big rig that swerved onto the shoulder but never stopped.
The police are now looking for the driver of the rig, but they say the driver may not have known he or she struck the tow truck driver.
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