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• Wyoming Tow Truck Driver Struck and Killed

  A Gillette man is charged with aggravated vehicular homicide after hitting and killing a tow truck operator with his car Sunday night. The Wyoming Highway Patrol says the driver, 28-year-old Justin Helsper, was "quite impaired" when he struck 65-year-old Larry Schofield, who was on the scene of another crash with a deer on the on-ramp to Interstate 90 at exit 126. The driver fled the scene, but officers caught up with him about three miles down the road.

• North Carolina Tow Truck Driver Killed by Car While Changing Tire; Driver in Jail

  Highway Patrol says one person is dead and another is behind bars after a hit and run on Carolina Beach Road at McQuillan Drive Sunday night. Anthony Thompson, 50, is charged with second degree murder after hitting John Junior Colville, 55, and then driving away from the accident. Thompson is also charged with driving while impaired, habitual impaired driving, driving while license revoked and hit and run with injury. He has eight prior DWI convictions. You can find another story at: http://www.wwaytv3.com/2012/11/05/man-accused-of-killing-tow-truck-driver-has-8-dwi-convictions