Man towing dump truck dies when it breaks loose and hits him, SC coroner says
A South Carolina man died after a dump truck rolled down a hill and hit him, officials said.
The man was rushed to a hospital after he tried to tow the disabled truck with a Ford F-250 on Saturday, March 19, according to the Greenville County Coroner’s Office.
Officials said he got out of the dump truck just before a chain broke loose, sending the truck downhill. The vehicle struck the man, identified in a news release as Daniel Darrel Howes of Greenville.
Howes, 53, was flown to Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was later pronounced dead, officials said.
The S.C. Highway Patrol in a news release said the towing incident happened just before 3:30 p.m. on Lawton Road, near U.S. Highway 276 in Greenville County. The Ford was turning into a driveway when the dump truck broke away.
News releases don’t list the condition of another person reportedly helping to tow the truck.
This story was originally published March 21, 2022 at 11:39 AM with the headline "Man towing dump truck dies when it breaks loose and hits him, SC coroner says."
