Dozens of tow trucks, police vehicles and fire trucks drove through the streets of Newnan to remember a tow truck driver who was killed on Interstate 85.
Toby Bowden died on March 15 while helping with an accident on I-85 northbound near mile marker 70. Georgia State Patrol said an impaired driver was driving too fast, lost control to avoid hitting the fire engines and hit Bowden. On Thursday, family and friends gathered to remember Bowden at a memorial service. NewsChopper 2 flew high above the funeral procession to Oak Hill Cemetery on Thursday afternoon.
Bowden’s fellow tow truck drivers lined up in solidarity in the procession. Officials also draped American flags through the streets of downtown Newnan. Bowden served in the U.S. Marine Corps for four years, according to his obituary.