A 32-year-old tow truck driver from Northern Kentucky will be laid to rest Sunday after he was killed on the job.Glenn Ewing was helping a driver Sunday night on Rapid Run Pike in West Price Hill. He was loading the customer's disabled vehicle onto his truck bed when he was hit by a passing car. He died Monday.Police say the 20-year-old driver who hit him was sober. They do not yet know if excessive speed was a factor in the crash.Ewing's fiancée Bekka Guy is pleading with drivers to pay better attention to emergency vehicles and workers on the road."That's what I really want people to understand. At the end of the day, they all have families that they have to come home to," she said.Her last text to her fiancé went unanswered."The last text I sent him was at 2 something in the morning," Guy explained. "Hey baby, I'm getting worried. Are you OK?"Guy and Ewing have been engaged for a few years and were set to be married this October. He was the sole provider for his fiancée and daughter, 5-year-old Miracle and 3-year-old Willow."I would want her to know him like I knew him, so I'm going to try to keep that memory alive as best as I can," Guy said. "He was caring, loving, kind, generous."Guy said Ewing was always willing to lend a helping hand. He was assisting a driver near Pete Rose Way at the Banks last July when he heard gunshots. Three teenagers in a car had just been shot."He didn't think twice. He literally just ran," Guy said, recounting the story he told her. "He did call 911. He took off his belt and used it as a tourniquet."She said he used his face mask as well. All three shooting victims survived.Ewing was an organ donor and in death, gave the gift of tissue and cornea."It does not surprise me one bit. He would literally give anything, everything that he could for somebody," Guy said. The family is collecting donations via GoFundMe for funeral expenses and to support Ewing's fiancée and children. Tow truck drivers from around the region will pay tribute to Ewing Sunday morning. They will gather at the AAA Club Alliance - Cincinnati fleet garage at 11 a.m. and pray during Ewing's funeral service. Then, they will lead a procession to the Ludlow police department. That is from Ewing's casket will be loaded onto a AAA flatbed truck which will lead the procession for his "final ride."
A 32-year-old tow truck driver from Northern Kentucky will be laid to rest Sunday after he was killed on the job.
Glenn Ewing was helping a driver Sunday night on Rapid Run Pike in West Price Hill. He was loading the customer's disabled vehicle onto his truck bed when he was hit by a passing car.
He died Monday.
Police say the 20-year-old driver who hit him was sober. They do not yet know if excessive speed was a factor in the crash.
Ewing's fiancée Bekka Guy is pleading with drivers to pay better attention to emergency vehicles and workers on the road.
"That's what I really want people to understand. At the end of the day, they all have families that they have to come home to," she said.
Her last text to her fiancé went unanswered.
"The last text I sent him was at 2 something in the morning," Guy explained. "Hey baby, I'm getting worried. Are you OK?"
Guy and Ewing have been engaged for a few years and were set to be married this October. He was the sole provider for his fiancée and daughter, 5-year-old Miracle and 3-year-old Willow.
"I would want her to know him like I knew him, so I'm going to try to keep that memory alive as best as I can," Guy said. "He was caring, loving, kind, generous."
Guy said Ewing was always willing to lend a helping hand.
He was assisting a driver near Pete Rose Way at the Banks last July when he heard gunshots. Three teenagers in a car had just been shot.
"He didn't think twice. He literally just ran," Guy said, recounting the story he told her. "He did call 911. He took off his belt and used it as a tourniquet."
She said he used his face mask as well. All three shooting victims survived.
Ewing was an organ donor and in death, gave the gift of tissue and cornea.
"It does not surprise me one bit. He would literally give anything, everything that he could for somebody," Guy said.
The family is collecting donations via GoFundMe for funeral expenses and to support Ewing's fiancée and children.
Tow truck drivers from around the region will pay tribute to Ewing Sunday morning. They will gather at the AAA Club Alliance - Cincinnati fleet garage at 11 a.m. and pray during Ewing's funeral service. Then, they will lead a procession to the Ludlow police department. That is from Ewing's casket will be loaded onto a AAA flatbed truck which will lead the procession for his "final ride."
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