Tow Truck Drivers Came To The Rescue, Literally, At Scene Of Fort Worth I-35W Pileup

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

February 12, 2021

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The emergency response to the February 11 pileup on Interstate-35W was massive.

MedStar reports they had 34 personnel on scene working alongside 80 police officers and close to 70 firefighters. Not counted in those numbers are the dozens of tow truck drivers who helped first responders not only clear the mangled wreckage, but lift thousands of pounds of crushed vehicles so that firefighters could rescue people trapped.

James Bennett Jr. not only owns Beard’s Towing, one of the tow truck companies that responded to Thursday’s crash, but also is the “Incident Management Commander” for the Traffic Incident Management System in the area. This position means Bennett oversaw coordinating the response of close to 90 tow trucks that were on scene helping with the crash.

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