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Trying to find the court case where NC was sued over holds placed on vehicles and was ordered to pay storage.
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A crash on U.S. Highway 70 seriously injured one person and sent a tow truck into a building Friday morning. The State Highway Patrol said a pickup truck ran a stop sign in Princeton and clipped the tow truck. The pickup truck ran off the road and into a ditch. The driver was ejected from the pickup truck and was taken to WakeMed with serious injuries. The tow truck spun and slammed into J.A. Distributors, a gift shop. The driver of the tow truck was not injured. The building was deemed unsafe, the State Highway Patrol said. Lois Art…
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Tow truck driver arrested for trying to tow SUV with man still inside, shooting him during argument DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- A tow truck operator shot a man in the chest and then cut him with a knife during an argument about towing the man's SUV, according to Durham Police Department. Officers said the tow truck driver, Brandon Ayscue, was trying to tow a vehicle around 4:15 a.m. at Duke Manor Apartments on South Lasalle Street. The vehicle owner was still inside the SUV when Ayscue arrived and started to tow it, according to police. The SUV owner started arguing with Ayscue, who pulled out a gun and shot the man in the chest. The two continued arguing …
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Vehicle towing prompts fight, shooting at Durham apartment complex DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- A confrontation between a vehicle owner and a tow truck driver turned ugly at a Durham apartment complex on Friday morning. Durham police officers said a tow truck driver was trying to tow a vehicle around 4:15 at Duke Manor Apartments on Lasalle Street. The vehicle owner, a man, approached the tow truck operator and a fight ensued. The tow truck operator shot the vehicle owner once, according to police. The tow truck operator then called 911 from the parking lot. ABC11 crews saw the vehicle owner conscious and alert before being taken to the hospital. Police …
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CHESTERFIELD, Va. - A tow truck was called to the scene of a Tractor-Trailer crash which occurred early Friday Nov. 8, 2019. But the tow truck flipped over when trying to get the tractor-trailer upright. No further details.
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Hunter Auto & Wrecker Service has put its 6-acre assemblage along North Davidson Street, between Belmont Avenue and East 15th Street, on the market. RESOURCE LINK
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This roll back was one of those vehicles involved in a crash. Before 9 a.m., a tow truck hydroplaned and struck the concrete median barrier on I 40 near Rock Quarry Road. The owner of the wrecker company said the driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries. It was the first time in 15 years one of his trucks was involved in an accident, he said. RESOURCE LINK
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In a statement released by Tow Times 10.16.19: Congratulations to Belinda Harris of Ray Harris Towing of North Carolina for being honored with the 2019 Dave Jones Leadership Award, whose winner is selected each year by the Dave Jones family. Harris is pictured here with son Jamie Jones. "Such a wonderful family to consider me worthy of this award. I am truly humbled."
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Tow Truck Sideswiped after stooping for previous accident. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) – A man was charged in connection with a string of crashed on Interstate 40 westbound that snarled traffic in Orange County Monday morning. The first in the series of wrecks was a van rear-ending a tractor-trailer around 5:30 a.m. near exit 270. A tow truck driver stopped to possibly offer assistance. The truck was sideswiped by a Chevrolet SUV, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Three other vehicles merged into the right lane to avoid the two crashes. Christopher Sload, 50, of Spring Hope, was driving a box truck for Bass Farms Sausag…
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Experts say: If this happens to you, the best thing you can do is get video and call the police. GASTONIA, N.C. — "What are you guys doing?" An SUV parked legally in its designated spot at a Gastonia apartment complex. So how did it wind up hoisted up on a tow truck? "I've lived in this complex for four years, why is this happening now?" asked Anthony Spano, the vehicle's owner, as he want toe to toe in a recorded video. "It was just very aggressive, very violent," Brianna Gaisser said after witnessing the altercation involving her boyfriend. A guy who says he's the owner of RPM Towing and Recovery can be heard on the recordi…
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Man charged after ramming deputy’s car, crashing into tow truck in Mt. Pleasant chase MT. PLEASANT, N.C. (WBTV) - A man faces charges after officials say he rammed a deputy’s car and crashed into a tow truck during a chase in Mt. Pleasant Friday afternoon. According to the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office, the chase started in Stanly County and ended in Cabarrus County. The chase began just outside of Albemarle on Highway 73 at 1:47 p.m. and went on for about 16 miles. During the chase, officials say the suspect rammed one of the sheriff’s department’s vehicles. The deputy was no…
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July, 20, 2005: TOW TRUCK OPERATOR KILLED IN ONE VEHICLE ACCIDENT A Williamston man was killed after driving a wrecker into several trees on NC Highway 99 near Plymouth monday morning. Stanley Smallwood Jr., 22, was operating a wrecker belonging to Roy's Service Center in Windsor where he worked part-time while attending college at night. Smallwood died at the scene. He leaves behind a wife and small child. The accident occurred approximately 10:15 a.m. According the the NC State Highway Patrol, it looked like he ran off the right side of the road and then came back on and ran off of the left side into several trees. There were no witnesses to the…
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What has changed since 2003? NC has a new law that became effective 10/01/2003, The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 20- 77(d) reads as rewritten: (d) An operator of a place of business for garaging, repairing, parking or storing vehicles for the public in which a vehicle remains unclaimed for 10 days, or the landowners upon, whose property a motor vehicle has-been abandoned for more than 30 days, shall, within five days after the expiration of that period, report the vehicle as unclaimed to the Division. Failure to make such report shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor. Persons who are required to make this report and who f…
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$250K Lottery Win Leads to Hollerin', Tears and Jubilation For Burlington Couple Jerry Hughes says him and his girlfriend Donna will use the money to take a cruise, go to Hawaii and place into savings. BURLINGTON, N.C. — A Burlington man says some good karma led him to a $250,000 lottery win last weekend. Jerry Hughes and his girlfriend Donna were riding their motorcycles in the Duffy Charity Ride on Saturday when they stopped for gas. Hughes bought four 20X The Cash tickets at Huff's Interstate on East Maple Avenue in Burlington. Just before the ride started back up, Hughes scratched the first ticket and saw he had won. A celebr…
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Put this on one of our parts delivery trucks. “TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA” NEW: “IN GOD WE TRUST” LICENSE PLATE - NC The Soldiers & Airmen Assistance Fund, Inc. is proud to announce that the updated design for our “In God We Trust” license plate is now available in NC. The new design features “In God We Trust” (the official motto of the US), the American Eagle (the national emblem, symbol of freedom, authority and power), in the background the US Flag (represents our expression of patriotism), the letters S and A (stands for Soldiers and Airmen), a white background behind the numbers and North Carolina in red (representing the energy and strength of o…
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CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A Charlotte tow truck driver is operating his business even though he told WBTV he does not have a valid driver license or a commercial driver license. WBTV started investigating David Satterfield and his company Automobile Recovery and Parking Enforcement after a tip to the WBTV Investigates line. The story starts in Franklin County Georgia. That’s where Frank Poole called us from after his father’s 1999 Ford Super Duty truck was stolen while he was having lunch. "And drove it to Charlotte, North Carolina and abandoned it," Poole said. …
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A Roaring River woman has been charged in the January death of a tow-truck operator. Dorothy Dowell, of Roaring River, has been charged with driving too fast for the conditions of the roadway in relation to the incident. According to authorities, Dowell was operating the vehicle which struck and killed Benny Gray Sprinkle of State Road on Jan. 19 at about 7:30 p.m. According to Capt. Josh Tulbert of the Elkin Police Department, Sprinkle, 59, was working for Moody’s Garage on N.C. 268 Bypass west of Elkin preparing load a vehicle onto a rollback when he was struck and fatally injured …
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Benny Sprinkle was killed while attempting to load a car onto a rollback on January 19. ELKIN, N.C. — Police have issued charges a month and a half after a tow truck driver unexpectedly died after he was hit by a driver while loading a car onto his rollback. The accident happened on January 19, 2019, around 7:30 p.m., on Hwy 268 West By-Pass in Elkin. The accident involved a vehicle driven by Dorothy Dowell of Roaring River, and Benny Gray Sprinkle of State Road. Sprinkle was attempting to load a vehicle onto rollback when he was hit and killed by Dowell's vehicle. This week, the investigation regarding the accident has been completed …
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Q: Who is responsible for removing vehicle accident debris? You can still see glass, bumpers, lights, chrome, etc., days after an accident, sometimes still in the roadway. Who is supposed to get it off of the road? — R.C., Fayetteville A: Andrew Barksdale, a spokesman for the N.C. Department of Transportation, said in an email that “Generally speaking, the wrecker company for the investigating law enforcement agency cleans up the vehicle debris out of the roadway.” He said this is true for wrecks investigated by the Fayetteville Police Department and for those investigated by the N.C. Highway Patrol. Both use wrecker rotations. Cleaning up the debri…
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Eugene Eldridge of 21 Motors, Hamptonville, NC was involved in a serious accident.
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ELKIN, N.C. — Benny Sprinkle - A tow truck operator was hit and killed on Saturday night, according to Surry County emergency officials. Surry County Emergency Medical Services director John Shelton said the operator was attempting to load a vehicle that had broken down. Shelton said he was hit and killed shortly before 7:30 p.m. by a driver traveling on Highway 268 Bypass West. Officials have not identified the operator. The circumstances surrounding the crash are still under investigation by the Elkin Police Department and Highway Patrol. RESOURCE LINK
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The suspect broke into the locked tow truck before driving it off the lot. Authorities are also looking for a BMW seen on the scene, too. STATESVILLE, NC — Authorities in Iredell County are asking for the public's assistance locating a suspect wanted for the theft of a tow truck from a Statesville business last week. According to Sheriff Darren Campbell, the theft occurred Jan. 7 around 9 p.m. at Castillo Auto Sales located on Jane Sowers Road in Statesville. The suspect gained entry into the truck, and sat it in for several minutes before driving it out of the parking lot, Campbell said. The owner of the business told deputies that the 2004 Ford F-450 Tow T…
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does anyone know if nctowing.org is still an active group? ..... I see some parts of the site that can make some folks think they are not active or is slowing down.... thank you in advance for any assistance
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ROWAN COUNTY, NC (WBTV) - A suspect was arrested after a man reported that he was threatened with a handgun while sitting in his tow truck at a gas station in Rowan County. An officer says as he arrived at the Love’s Travel Stop in the 1100 block of Peeler Road Tuesday when the suspect, later identified as Matthew Austin Lockamy, was being searched for a weapon, a report from Rowan County Sheriff’s Office stated. A firearm was located in the left coat pocket that Lockamy was wearing at the time. The firearm was later identified as a plastic and metal .177 caliber Daisy BB gun. He was detained and placed in a patr…
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RALEIGH, N.C. — The Highway Patrol is investigating after they say a man used an SUV to ram into the back of a tow truck traling his own car Thursday morning. According to troopers with the State Highway Patrol, a 27-year-old man used his roommate's White Ford Explorer to ram the back of a tow truck on its trip from Garner to Raleigh. Officials said the man's car had just been repossessed, and when a tow truck showed up at his Garner home to tow it early Thursday, he took matters into his own hands. According to officials, the man rammed the tow truck several times on its front, back and side. Both Raleigh police and deputies stopped the man at Dawson …
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RALEIGH (WTVD) -- A tow truck driver told police someone repeatedly rammed his truck as he drove in Wake County on Thursday morning.Officers told ABC11 they aren't sure where the collisions began. However, they caught up with the tow truck driver near the intersection of Hillsborough Street and South Dawson Street.The tow truck driver stopped when officers arrived, but the driver of the vehicle that repeatedly rammed into the tow truck drove off.Raleigh Police Department said officers later caught up with the driver accused of ramming the tow truck.Neither driver was injured in the case, according to police.ABC11 contacted Wake County Sheriff's Office, Raleigh Police …
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) - On Tuesday morning Sherry Williams woke up and tried to start her car. “My car wouldn’t crank so I ended up calling my insurance company, they dispatched a tow service,” said Williams. It was about 6 p.m. when her tow truck driver, Johnnie Jones, arrived in her apartment complex on Burgundy Street in Raleigh. She says she was just about to sign the release form for her car when shots rang out. Williams says she froze. “When we heard the shots he said, ‘Oh my God. They’re shooting!’ He said, ‘Get down!’ and I think I froze and he reached over and pulled my sleeve and we hit the ground and I guess by him…
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Hope all are still kicking!
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DURHAM, NC (WTVD) -- A tow truck driver was killed in a single-vehicle crash Friday morning in east Durham on North Miami Boulevard near Robinhood Road. The crash happened shortly after 10 a.m. when a rollback wrecker driven by Danny Ray Mangum, 57, of Durham ran off the left side of the road and hit a tree. Mangum had a Ford Explorer on the back of the wrecker at the time, and the rear chain securing the Explorer broke free and the Explorer crashed into the cab of the wrecker truck. Durham Police said. Mangum was pronounced dead at the scene. The roadway was free of ice and snow when the accident happened, according to investigators. Investigators are …
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