Tow truck driver struck by car on State Route 79
A tow truck driver was seriously injured Sunday after being struck by a car while working to tow another car involved in a separate collision.
It happened at 10:38 a.m. in Beaumont along southbound State Route 79 just south of California Avenue.
The injured tow truck driver was identified as Enrique Ramirez Sanchez, 49, of Banning.
The driver of the car that hit him was identified as Marcella Carranza, 29.
The CHP said Carranza was speeding and lost control of her car before hitting Sanchez, who was on the right shoulder of the highway.
Sanchez was taken to an area hospital with major injuries.
There was no immediate word on whether Carranza was cited or arrested.
