Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who killed a tow truck driver as he was assisting a stranded motorist on a Miami expressway.
It was Vincinte Torres’ third day on the job Monday and his last day alive. The 44-year-old tow truck driver answered the call of the stranded motorist at about 3 a.m. on the Don Shula Expressway southbound near Miller Road. He had just finished putting the car on his flatbed truck when a driver slammed into him.
The driver who Torres stopped to help told the Florida Highway Patrol a purple Hyundai veered from the center lane and onto the shoulder before plowing into Torres. He died on his way to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Torres, an employee with Black Eagle Towing, lived with his wife and two children in Hialeah. They would not comment on his death.
Black Eagle Towing is offering a $1,500 reward, in addition to the $1,000 reward being offered by Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS