Tragic Highway Incident: Wrecker Technician Killed After Being Struck by Semi-Truck on I-165.

Tragic Highway Incident, Wrecker Technician Killed After Being Struck by Semi-Truck on I-165.

A towing and wrecker service technician lost his life early Wednesday morning after being struck by a semi-truck while assisting a disabled vehicle along Interstate 165 in southern Daviess County, Kentucky. The fatal crash occurred around 6:50 a.m. in the southbound lanes near the Daviess-Ohio County line, according to officials with the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office.

Emergency responders were dispatched after Owensboro-Daviess County Central Dispatch received reports of an injury crash in the 6020 block of the highway. Deputies, along with firefighters from the Daviess County Fire Department and Masonville Fire Department, as well as paramedics from AMR Ambulance Service, arrived at the scene and discovered the technician had suffered fatal injuries.

Investigators say the technician had exited his tow truck to assist the driver of a disabled semi parked on the shoulder of the interstate when a passing southbound semi-truck struck him. Authorities reported that the truck also sideswiped the wrecker and the disabled semi, causing moderate damage to both vehicles.

The driver of the semi that struck the technician initially left the scene, prompting authorities to issue a lookout for the vehicle. Deputies with the Ohio County Sheriff’s Office later located the truck parked along a roadway in Ohio County. Officers from the Hartford Police Department assisted in detaining the driver, identified as 31-year-old Suk Subba of Antioch, Tennessee.

Subba now faces several charges, including second-degree manslaughter, wanton endangerment, leaving the scene of an accident involving death or serious injury, and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. Authorities say the crash remains under investigation by the sheriff’s office accident reconstruction unit.