Man dies after dispute with tow truck driver at Brooklyn gas station, NYPD says

NEW YORK -- Police have identified the man who died Saturday night after a fight at a gas station with a tow truck driver in Brooklyn.His devastated family spoke with CBS New York on Sunday.'It's just like a horror story at the end,' Andrele Peters said.Peters is still trying to make sense of what happened to her stepdad, 61-year-old Carlyle Thomas, better known in his East Flatbush neighborhood as 'Quench.

It's already on the tow truck,'' Alexis Peters said.The Shell employee said an upset Thomas returned and disputed the tow, getting into a heated argument with the tow truck driver. Police said Thomas was punched in the face, and knocked onto the pavement. He was rushed to the hospital, where he died. Police said the 30-year-old tow truck driver was taken into custody.

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