Dragging Death Prompts Tow-Truck Bill

Colorado lawmakers have approved a bill that would require tow-truck drivers to attach stickers to drivers’ windows alerting drivers that the vehicle is being towed after a tow truck driver was dragged to his death by a woman who drove off in her car.

Allen Rose was killed in February when he became tangled in the cables.

Senate Bill 260 won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

The Allen Rose Tow-Truck Safety Act would require tow-truck drivers to affix large stickers to drivers’ windows alerting drivers that the vehicle is being towed.

The driver who killed 35-year-old Allen Rose told police she didn’t know Rose was towing her vehicle.

The bill also creates a new misdemeanor of assaulting a towing-truck operator trying to tow a car and requires passing drivers to give tow trucks wider berth.

The bill now goes to the full Senate for debate.