Florida woman charged in tow truck driver's death

May 23, 2026

A 21-year-old Florida woman has been arrested after police say she fatally struck a tow truck driver she had called for help. The incident occurred on May 16 in Orange County.

Julia Blackwell faces a charge of leaving the scene of a crash with death. Authorities say she ran over 59-year-old Ronald Bear with her pickup truck after he helped pull her vehicle from a muddy ditch along a highway early that morning. Bear arrived with two relatives, attached a tow strap, and was removing it when police say Blackwell accelerated and then backed over him while he lay on the ground.

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• https://lawandcrime.com/crime/woman-ran-over-tow-truck-driver-who-helped-get-her-pickup-out-of-the-mud-then-left-him-to-die-police/