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Moving to NC
by Ken- 1 follower
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So recently my wife and I decided to make the move from the crazy housing market we live in (RI/MA) and move to NC. I currently work for AAA Northeast as a Roll back and just wanted to get a feel for the water down there. Oddly enough AAA Northeast and AAA Carolinas don't do transfers so I am kind of left to see what happens when I move down there. Anyone know of or work with AAA in NC that maybe could toss me some info we were looking at the Jacksonville area but depending on jobs that may change.
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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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NC Attorney General now investigating 'predatory' towing practices against truckers Trucks delivering essential goods get booted Fox 46 is working to get results for truckers who are being booted and fined by local towing companies. CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The complaints keep rolling in. “Predatory towing has been a problem. It’s not new to this particular crisis,” said Tyler Hayes with C.R. England, a refrigerated trucking company based in Utah. “But it looks like it’s really taking off as a cottage industry in Charlotte.” Attorney General Josh Stein is now investigating five complaints of tow truck c…
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Charlotte, NC – North Carolina authorities are investigating two recent incidents of suspected predatory towing and price gouging of big rigs. Transportation Nation Network (TNN) has confirmed North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is investigating two instances last week in which truckers faced a boot removal fee of $3,000 or more. TNN first reported on Friday that trucker Donald Spellings, of Radcliff, KY, had his big rig, which was loaded with 80 cases of Dasani water, booted while in a Walmart parking lot early last Thursday morning. Spellings drives for Auburn, KY-based Downey Trucking and was awakened at approximately 12:30 a.…
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JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- One person was killed in a five-vehicle crash in Johnston County early Friday morning. According to North Carolina State Highway Patrol officers, a silver car crashed on Highway 70 around 5:45 a.m. The car blocked several lanes of Highway 70, but did not have its lights on after crashing. Two cars, a silver truck and a white tow truck tried to swerve around the car, but the tow truck hit the car, causing it to spin into the truck. A fourth car, driven by Lahoma Ruth Arthur, then hit the first car. Then, officers said a Sheetz gas tanker hit the driver-side door of Arthur's car. Arthur was killed in the crash. The driver of the f…
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NO DETAILS AT THIS TIME.
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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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