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Tow truck driver killed on New Year's Eve remembered
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The life of a tow truck driver hit and killed on New Years Eve is being celebrated. Dale Alan Pumphrey was struck while working to move a car on State Route 125 in San Diego County near Jamacha Road.
Friends and family held a procession Saturday. Tow trucks drove from El Cajon — where Pumphrey lived — to the Cypress View Mortuary on Imperial Avenue.
"We developed a friendship over 15 years and just became family," said Karl Fields, the general manager of the tow truck company.
We're told he was working to put a gold Toyota Camry on his tow truck New Years Eve. That's when a Toyota Prius hit him and crashed into the back of his tow truck. 911 was called but first responders could not save him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
FULL STORY: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/tow-truck-procession-memorial/509-2899d07b-9bf9-4b88-8a60-8379335a0c97