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Tow truck driver killed on Dallas High Five overpass, suspect arrested
Denise Chantel Alford, 35, faces an intoxication manslaughter charge in the crash, according to a police news release.
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Tow truck driver killed on Dallas High Five overpass, suspect arrested
Denise Chantel Alford, 35, faces an intoxication manslaughter charge in the crash, according to a police news release.
Updated: 11:02 PM CDT August 31, 2021
DALLAS — Updated at 11:02 p.m. with the tow truck driver's name.
A tow truck driver was struck and killed on a High Five overpass in north Dallas on Monday night, and a suspect has been arrested, police said.
Denise Chantel Alford, 35, faces an intoxication manslaughter charge in the crash, according to a police news release.
The crash happened about 9:45 p.m. on the overpass from LBJ Freeway to southbound U.S. 75.
The tow truck driver, later identified by the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office as 35-year-old Garry McGee, was hooking up a vehicle to his truck when Alford, who was driving a 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe west on LBJ, struck the vehicle, police said.
The collision knocked McGee off of the overpass and onto the freeway below, police said. McGee died at the scene.
The overpass from LBJ to 75 is the highest part of the High Five interchange, about 12 stories tall.
Alford stopped at the crash scene and was arrested on a charge of intoxication manslaughter, police said.
The highway was shut down but opened overnight.
McGee's sister-in-law has organized a GoFundMe. Click here to donate.
Woman Charged With Intoxication Manslaughter After Slamming Into Tow Truck Operator, Knocking Him Off Overpass
A woman slammed her Chevy Tahoe into a man who was hooking up a car to his tow truck on LBJ Express near Highway 75, knocking him off the overpass and onto the freeway below.
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