OCONOMOWOC, Wis. (WTMJ) – Authorities in Wisconsin say a suspect is in custody after a 40-year-old tow truck driver was killed in a hit-and-run while working on Christmas Eve.
Dozens of tow truck drivers gathered on Christmas at a park-and-ride off Interstate 94 to remember one of their own with a vigil. Hussain Farhat, 40, was killed on Christmas Eve when a blue minivan struck him while he was loading a disabled car on the freeway.
Some vigil attendees, like Zach Arnett, didn’t know Farhat personally but felt compelled to show their support for his family during this difficult time.
“It’s a tight brotherhood. When something like this happens, when one of us falls, we always stick together, come out and support each other,” Arnett said.
Tow truck driver Ryan Tessman says he was working on the other side of the highway that night near where the crash occurred. He was upset when he heard about Farhat’s death.
“My heart just dropped,” Tessman said. “Today, obviously a heavy heart, but whenever you hear about this, we’re all a brotherhood. We all look out for each other.”
Both Arnett and Tessman urged drivers to follow the state law by moving over and slowing down when passing stopped emergency or roadside service vehicles.
“Just remember to slow down and move over, put that phone down and pay attention,” Tessman said. “Things like this wouldn’t have happened.”
The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office received an anonymous tip Wednesday about a possible suspect vehicle in the Village of Wales. Investigators determined the vehicle matched the description of the one involved in the crash.
The suspect, a 39-year-old man, turned himself in during the investigation. He is being held at the Waukesha County Jail on a charge of hit-and-run causing death, a Class D felony under Wisconsin law.
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