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Crash Killing Tow Truck Driver: 'Extremely' Drunk Man Guilty In Deadly Wilton Wreck Crash Killing Tow Truck Driver: 'Extremely' Drunk Man Guilty In Deadly Wilton Wreck
Crash Killing Tow Truck Driver: 'Extremely' Drunk Man Guilty In Deadly Wilton Wreck After drinking an “excessive” amount of alcohol at an Applebee’s restaurant, Justin Rodriguez got behind the wheel of his pickup truck and - defying the pleas and warnings of concerned onlookers to stop - drove onto a highway in the region. Shortly afterward on Sept. 15, 2022, the 41-year-old struck tow truck operator Alex Bleickhardt as he helped a disabled vehicle in Saratoga County, on the shoulder of I-87 in Wilton. Bleickhardt, a 33-year-old employee of TowAway LLC from Pottersville in Warren County, was pronounced dead at the scene. Earlier Report: Man Preparing To Tow Disabled Tr…

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by Michael Mashburn