COCHISE COUNTY, Ariz. (KVOA) — The Arizona Department of Public Safety has identified the good Samaritan who was killed after being hit by an SUV while helping at a crash scene on Interstate 10 Tuesday afternoon.
Timothy Patsalos, 28, was identified as the victim. The department said he was a semi truck driver from Maricopa, Arizona.
On July 21 around 2:57 p.m., a crash occurred on eastbound I-10 near milepost 319. Patsalos had stopped to help at the rollover crash scene and as he flagged down traffic for that incident, a Nissan X-Trail hit him, AZDPS said.
The good Samaritan was taken to a hospital in Willcox where he later died. No other injuries were reported.
“Weather was a factor in this and the previous collision,” the department stated.