Late Saturday night, dozens of tow trucks flashed their lights in procession from Freedom City Church to the Battlefield Mall in memory of Timothy J. Williams.
Williams was struck and killed while on the job Friday night, just north of Springfield. He was a driver for Affordable Towing and lived in Springfield.
He would have turned 56 on Saturday.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Williams was helping a car stuck on highway 65 just north of Springfield when a driver swerved off the road and hit him.
