KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Just 24 hours after Jackson County claimed the Missouri State Highway Patrol had completed a sufficient investigation into the incident where a public works employee was killed on the job, they're requesting an investigation from the US Department of Labor. Additionally, one day after the Jackson County administrator essentially blamed a public works employee for his own death, his partner, who was with him when died, shares what he says is the real story. "The county as a whole is responsible for the death of Everett Carter,” Mitchell Johnson said. He's laying blame at the county's feet as just two days ago, a metro fire chief recounted the last phone call with 61-year-old Everett Carter. Carter told him, "The county is too cheap to pay for a tow truck." Jackson County avoiding accountability after public works employee killed While trying to help tow a stuck county vehicle in the winter weather, Carter was hit by his own truck and killed. However, The County Executive and County Administrator had different stories. Johnson is responding because he says he feels like he has to. He says he refuses to let the county paint a narrative that he alleges is not true. "It's county policy if in doubt tow it out,” Schulte told us Wednesday. "No, I've never heard that before, I have never heard that before,” Johnson responded. He also addresses Troy Schulte, the county administrator who on Wednesday, told FOX4 there was no order from leadership for Mitchell Johnson and Everett Carter to tow the county truck. "When I got to the shop on Sunday Afternoon at noon, that was our orders, to go get unstuck and bring it back,” Johnson said. FOX4 asked again to make sure there would be no misinterpretation of what he said. Johnson responded: "Yes, if Everett spent 40-something years at the county rouge doing whatever he wanted he wouldn't have lasted there. Everett did what he was told." Johnson refutes the county's claims as he mourns the loss of a man who meant so much to him. "Everett Carter was like my father, he was my best friend, my mentor,” he said. Johnson says he was in the truck while sliding on ice as Carter tried to run for his life. Joe’s Blog: Accumulating snows likely (THU-1/9) "The last thing I saw was my friend making sure he was getting away from my truck coming at him," Carter explained. "When the truck stopped rolling the first thing I did was scream to try and get Everett to answer." The walkie-talkie inside the truck was still connected, so he was able to page for help. Now, he's in a fight with his employer over what he believes are facts. "If the county, if we would have had a tow truck on scene, instead of us trying to go out there and get it, the tow truck would have been farther out and Everett would still be alive,” Johnson said. Tonight, the county is responding they say, "We’re waiting on this."