Authorities have charged a tow-truck driver in the hit-and-run death of a woman who stepped out of his moving truck in south Minneapolis in August.
Jordan A. Jewell, 26, of Arden Hills, was charged in Hennepin County District Court last week with criminal vehicular homicide in connection with the death of 42-year-old Stacy A. Morrison, of St. Paul, on Aug. 21.
Jewell was jailed on Sept. 1 and remains held in lieu of $150,000 bail ahead of a Sept. 20 court appearance.
Jewell was employed for a few weeks with Cedar Towing and was a probationary employee until being fired "immediately when [the company] became aware of his violation of existing [workplace] protocols," said company spokeswoman Amy Koch, who added that Jewell was not in contact with Morrison for towing services.
"Mr. Jewell … was trained in Cedar Towing's strict policy that no passengers are allowed in the trucks," Koch said.
According to the criminal complaint:
Police and paramedics were sent to Bloomington Avenue S. and E. Lake Street, where Morrison was down in the street and soon declared dead.
Surveillance video showed a Cedar Towing truck heading south on Bloomington toward Lake shortly after 1 a.m. on Aug. 21, when the passenger door opened and Morrison "exited the moving tow truck and was then struck by the back tires," the complaint read.
