Much-Loved Tow Driver Killed While Helping Stranded Motorist

A car owner watches as a tow truck driver hook up a broken down car on its way to repair in Centreville, Virginia, Aug. 9, 2013 in. Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images

For many, tow-truck driving may not seem like a very hazardous occupation.

But according the owner of one tow-truck company, one tow truck driver gets killed almost every six days in the United States.