Hell on the Highway

A young driver's pickup truck falls down a steep incline and crashes into a tree. A rig carrying hay topples into a ditch; an SUV flips over after hitting a patch of black ice.

An accident leaves a rig sprawled across the highway; a tow-truck driver is almost severely injured while trying to clear a jackknifed truck; another towing employee tries to steal a truck while his own vehicle is being repaired

A driver crashes into a tree near a frozen river during the worst snowstorm of the season

Two tow-truck drivers compete for jobs, but the winter weather makes conditions dangerous; a driver struggles to move on after a coworker's death; a driver recalls her son's fatal motorcycle accident as she tries to rescue another biker who fell down a 400-foot drop by the side of the freeway.

An SUV falls through ice during a heavy snowstorm.

It's the holy grail of towing; an enormous blizzard swallows the roadways with a thick layer of wet snow on Donner Summit in northern California.The sudden, deadly conditions force the highway patrol to declare an emergency code thirteen,asking all local tow companies to clear disabled vehicles off the roads, whether the driver wants a tow or not.

Donner Summit is covered with ice after a winter storm, leading to problems such as near-accidents, fights and equipment breakdowns for the tow-truck drivers.

A driver loses control of his vehicle and falls down a ravine during a late-season storm. Elsewhere, a pair of tow-truck drivers engage in a competition to see who can earn the most money in 24 hours.