Wake Forest tow truck driver charged in fatal Raleigh crash

Allan Christopher Guerrero, 39, of Wake Forest, is scheduled to appear at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Wake County Justice Center after Raleigh police charged him with driving while impaired in a crash that killed one motorcyclist and injured three other people.

Police said Guerrero was behind the wheel of a tow truck owned by 6G Towing and Recovery when he made an illegal U-turn at a red light near Capital Boulevard and Trawick Road in northeast Raleigh. The tow truck then struck two motorcycles and a car, turning an overnight traffic violation into a fatal multi-vehicle collision on one of Raleigh’s busiest north-south corridors.

Raleigh police responded around 2:35 a.m. Friday. ABC11 reported that several lanes of Capital Boulevard were shut down while investigators processed the scene, underscoring how quickly a single reckless maneuver can force a major roadway in Wake County offline and put commuters, first responders and bystanders at risk.

The crash left one motorcyclist dead and three other people seriously hurt or injured, according to CBS 17 and WRAL. The number of victims matters here because the case is not only about one driver’s alleged impairment, but also about the exposure created when a commercial vehicle is involved. Tow trucks spend long hours on Wake County roads, often moving in heavy traffic, and the safety standard for those vehicles is necessarily higher because they are large, highly visible and frequently operating in close proximity to stranded motorists and crash scenes.

A CBS 17 video description about the case said Guerrero had a history of driving while impaired. That detail, combined with the charge now filed in the Raleigh crash, is likely to draw scrutiny of how a towing business owner was operating a commercial vehicle in the first place and whether enough was done to keep a repeat-risk driver off the road.

The Monday hearing will put Guerrero’s status before the Wake County court system as investigators and prosecutors continue to treat the crash as a criminal case with deadly consequences for everyday drivers on Capital Boulevard.