A tow truck driver died Sunday after his leg was accidentally run over while working on a semi-truck in West El Paso, police said.
AD Towing & Recovery driver Carlos Flaco Olague, 59, of Socorro, was mortally injured while assisting a semi-truck stuck on a sidewalk on North Mesa Street near Remcon Circle, police officials said.
About 10:50 a.m., truck driver Joel Ramirez, 61, was attempting to turn west on Mesa from a retail parking lot but had left the trailer s landing gear down after leaving a business, police said.
While turning, the trailer got stuck on a sidewalk, blocking southbound lanes on Mesa Street, police said. Olague arrived and was assisting the tractor-trailer.