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Tow truck driver struck and killed on Route 100 in Glen Burnie The striking vehicle in the hit and run initially stayed at the scene, then fled on Route 100, Authorities responded to an incident just after 8 a.m. on eastbound Route 100 just before the Oakwood Road exit, where they found an adult male lying on the right shoulder of the highway. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses told investigators that the victim was operating a tow truck and had pulled over to assist a disabled sewage truck on the shoulder. While standing the side of the road, investigators say the victim was truck by an older model red Nissan SUV with silver trim. The strikin…
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I was hooking up a car in Maryland today & happened to glance under the guardrail & found a wheelgrid... I am sure that someone knows who lost it as I am sure it cost someone dearly... pm me with a description & we will see if we can re unite it with its owner...
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Gov. Larry Hogan announced stricter restrictions for visitations at hospitals and nursing homes, and new actions for restaurants and retail as coronavirus cases continue to spike in Maryland.
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The Information is that a Tow Operator with Blake's Towing in Baltimore, MD. was struck today! Posted on Baltimore Metro Breaking News Page PARKVILLE | BALTIMORE CO | MVC-MAJOR TRAUMA | I-695 & HARFORD RD | 2 VEH MVC - 1 PRI-1 & 1 PRI-2 PATIENT Note: this proves tow operators are not safe even when working the non traffic side. Tow Truck Driver Injured After Being Struck By Vehicle On Side Of I-695 In Parkville PARKVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland State Police are investigating a crash that injured a tow truck operator working on the side of the road in Baltimore County. The vict…
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BROOKLYN PARK, Md. — A man who tried to flee from police in a tow truck was captured after fatally running over his passenger, authorities in Maryland said. Anne Arundel County's fugitive apprehension team surrounded the man Tuesday while he was driving a tow truck with a woman in the passenger seat, police spokeswoman Sgt. Jacklyn Davis said. The man reversed the truck toward a detective, who fired a single shot but didn't strike anyone, and tried to drive away as the passenger jumped or was thrown from the truck, Davis said. The woman was struck by the back end of the truck and was pronounced dead at the scene. The man was later appre…
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Having watched news headlines in the past few days and especially for the towing and recovery industry ... I can only ask, "WHAT'S GOIN' ON ? ? ?" Here's the newest punch in the industry's face. Tow trucks running from the cops, people being pushed from a moving tow truck and run over and KILLED, tow truck driver allegedly trying to drive over the cops, cops shooting at tow trucks? What the HELL is going on? News video link below bad audio: https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/officer-fires-shots-in-brooklyn-anne-arundel-county
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BERLIN, Md. – Officials say one person was killed in an early morning crash in Berlin. Berlin Police responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision on Route 113 southbound at Route 818 at around 7 a.m. Thursday. Further investigation revealed that a Chevy S10 was crossing Route 113 and Route 818 when it collided with a Freightliner rollback tow truck, which was traveling south on Route 113. The driver of the Chevy, identified as 73-year-old Johnie Derrickson of Parsonsburg, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tow truck, 58-year-old Robert Kressman from New York, was not injured in the crash. The crash rem…
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Hi Bethesda tow operators, greeting from Southern California and (me) a former resident of Bethesda. I'm looking to speak to you if you reside in Bethesda or close local area AND if you are a member of the Bethesda Volunteer Fire Department for a project I'm working on. For the Bethesda Volunteer Fire Department, can you provide me the information for the department's historian? Any referral would be greatly appreciated. I can be contacted at my email address: rreschran@gmail.com Thank you in advance. Randy Resch Hemet, California
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Tow truck drivers plead for people to slow down, move over KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) -- On Saturday night, the community came together to remember a local tow truck driver killed last year while loading a vehicle on a highway. Now, tow truck drivers are pleading for drivers to slow down and move over. Highways can be a very dangerous place, especially if your job requires you to work alongside it. Bob Cradit would know. He’s been working in the tow truck operating industry for nearly 34 years and has seen a scary trend. “It’s taken a job that’s used to be fun and you’re kind of nervous on the side of the highwa…
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Note: While we generally do not report officers being struck. The number of the traffic incidents which could have been a tow operator are increasing rapidly. Before long the number of officers being struck and injured or killed are going to reach record numbers. While they likely will not surpass the number of tow operators killed on the roadways. Their numbers combined with tow operators could surpass 100 annually. Our Thoughts will be with this Officer as this can be traumatic. 3 Hurt in Crash That Pinned Officer Under His Car, Police Say Three people, including a police officer, were injured in a crash that left the officer pinned under his own vehicl…
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Police Locate Vehicle Involved In Fatal Crash Of Tow Truck Driver David Alvarez In Prince George’s County TEMPLE HILLS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland State Police have found the vehicle involved in the fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a tow truck driver last week in Prince George’s County. Police believe the vehicle involved is a 2004 white Cadillac Escalade. It was found at Maryland Route 3 and Route 175 in Gambrills in Anne Arundel County Sunday afternoon. The driver’s identity is pending further investigation, police said. The victim is David Reinerio Pineda Alvarez, 63, of Washington, D.C. He was declared dead on the sce…
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63-year-old man dead in Temple Hills hit-and-run Maryland State Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash in Prince George’s County that killed a 63-year-old tow truck driver Wednesday evening. It happened in the area of southbound Branch Avenue and Coventry Way in Temple Hills shortly after 10:30 p.m. The tow truck operator had arrived on the scene to help with a disabled vehicle in the shoulder of the road, according to a preliminary investigation. The truck and the disabled vehicle were both in the shoulder at the time of the crash. Investigators believe the man was struck as he walked back toward his truck while in the process of …
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Damian Howard Charged After He Allegedly Strangled Tow Company Employee Tarreak Butler To Death COLLEGE PARK, Md. (WJZ) — A 24-year-old Washington D.C. man was charged in the fatal assault of the tow company employee early Sunday. Damian Howard of the 5000 block of 4th street in Northwest DC was charged with second-degree murder, assault and related charges in the death of 41-year-old Tarreak Butler also of Washington, DC. Around 1:50 a.m., Prince George’s County police officers were called to a towing company in the 5000 block of College Avenue in College Park. When officers arrived, they allegedly saw Howard holding B…
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Yes the same District that has been in the news. Details are few as this was posted to a Facebook Page. A request has been made to clarify the connection to the towing industry. https://washington.cbslocal.com/video/4134156-victim-identified-in-northwest-baltimore-deadly-shooting/
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Baltimore Tow Operator Steve Tasker, shot and killed July 29, 2019. News Details. Link: https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/tow-truck-driver-who-contracted-with-balt-co-police-is-killed-in-nw-baltimore
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ANTRIM — A Maryland man is in serious condition following a Tuesday afternoon crash on Route 202 in which he crossed the center line and collided with the bed of a flatbed tow truck, according to police. “We still don’t know why he did that,” said Antrim Police Chief Scott Lester. He said it is unclear if some sort of medical emergency might have contributed. Lester said the man was driving a two-door Jeep Wrangler from Hillsborough toward Antrim. Witnesses told police the Jeep was passing another car, Lester said. The tow truck driver took evasive action to get away from the Jeep, Lester said, but the Jeep crashed into the bed of the tow truck a…
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Topic Originally Created on Tow411 in January of 2012: Recreated in Memory of a fellow tower Robert F. Wheeler This is more for the local region here on the east coast ! On Monday surrounded by his loved ones we lost Bob Wheeler. He was a local Legend around these parts here around Washington D.C. .Bob was the owner and operator of Connecticut Avenue Towing in Kensington, Maryland for 31 years. He also helped Co-Found the Independent Towing Association of Montgomery County. That later on helped form and merge into Towing and Recovery Professionals of Maryland. He also started and ran T.R.P.M. newsletter " Maryland Meanderings". …
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Legal & General America, a life insurance company with an office in Frederick, recently raised hundreds of thousands of dollars through its annual Charitable Giving Campaign and will be donating about $35,000 to Second Chances Garage. Second Chances Garage is a charity organization in Frederick that provides affordable, reliable transportation—through car donations— to individuals and families in need. “We think it’s spectacular that Legal & General America think so much of Second Chances Garage,” said John Frawley, chairman of Second Chances Garage Board of Directors. “With those kind of funds we’ll be able to place many more c…
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On December 11, 2018 John J. Klein, Sr., of Ellicott City, beloved husband of Carolyn (Boswell) Klein, dear father of Kimberly S. Weiss and her husband Bradley and John J. Klein, Jr. and his wife Sylke, dear grandfather of Kelly S. Weiss, Katherine M. Weiss, John J. Klein, III and Julie M. Klein, brother of Arminta Bloom and her husband Gene, Charles A. Klein, Jr. and wife Jackie, Pat Marsiglia , Mark Klein and his wife Sue, the late Edward Klein and the late William Klein. John was a life member of the Ellicott City Volunteer Fire Department, joining the department in 1959. John served 22 years as the Chief of the department. John was an avid golfer. John's family o…
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To soon? Wrong place? I'd like to attend after 10 years. Maybe a WM course while here if possible. As well as meet a few of yall from 411 and now.. Last time was a time to remember. Would like to make this the same.
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SkyTrak7 is on the scene of a 3-vehicle accident involving a cement truck, tow truck and tanker truck (believed to be empty) on southbound Route 301 south of MD-4 in Upper Marlboro, according to Maryland State Police.
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ROSEDALE, MD — A vehicle rolled over on Philadelphia Road Wednesday morning in a crash that officials say involved a tow truck. The driver was trapped, Baltimore County fire officials reported after 6:40 a.m. Crews were dispatched to Philadelphia Road at Golden Ring Road at 6:31 a.m. to respond to a crash that authorities described as a serious accident with rollover. The condition of the person who required rescue was unknown, officials reported. RESOURCE LINK
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WILLIAMSPORT — A tow-truck driver refused transport to a hospital Saturday after being clipped by a pickup truck while trying to load a vehicle on an Interstate 81 ramp near Williamsport, Maryland State Police said. The driver of the Toyota pickup truck fled, police said. The tow-truck driver was outside his truck, trying to load a vehicle on the I-81 northbound ramp to U.S. 11 on Saturday at about 3 a.m. when he got clipped by the pickup, Sgt. David Ward said. The tow-truck driver was from a Frederick, Md., company, Ward said. Motorists are advised to slow down on ramps when they see a vehicle, including tow trucks, on …
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Greg's Towing had been snatching up cars for the Riverdale Park police department in Maryland for nearly 30 years, and when Mamoun "Mike" Ashkar bought the company in 2014, he planned to maintain that tradition. Town procurement rules favored locally owned businesses and Greg's Towing was the only towing company in Riverdale Park. But what Ashkar thought would be a straightforward business transaction degenerated and morphed into a discrimination case. With allegations that town officials called him a "camel jockey" and "foreigner" who couldn't pass a background check, Ashkar sued, saying he found himself shut out from doing business because of his ethnicity. …
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Our Thoughts & Prayers are with everyone in the Flooded areas. We especially will be thinking about West End Service, one of our Sponsors as John Klein Jr. and his crew will be dealing with the second clean up in 2 years. I saw where John said this time is worse then the last, it is devastating. I hope that we hear from Members in the effected area or near it. Wanting to know they are OK. These were only a couple of images of the likely 100's of cars destroyed by the flooding. As a person who has been through two floods though not as devastating. My heart goes out to them, I know I have ptsd from it. …
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