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The Liberty County Sheriff’s Office is hosting a wrecker policy workshop for those wanting to be on the Liberty County non-consent wrecker rotation list. The meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m. on May 12 at the Jail Administration Building, 2400 Beaumont Ave., Liberty. Representatives from the Liberty County Attorney’s Office will be in attendance to answer questions that arise during the workshop. Also expected to be in attendance are members of the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office. This meeting is for Liberty County wrecker drivers and wrecker truck company owners who meet the TDLR requirements for maintaining and operating a tow truck, or a vehicle…
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Sugar Land officer in critical condition after series of crashes on US 59 near Highway 90A Sugar Land police responded to a single-vehicle accident just before 2 a.m. along U.S. 59, KPRC-TV reports. Officer Ruben Munoz was tasked with blocking traffic in the HOV lane while a tow truck was on the way to clean up the crash. As he was blocking traffic, Munoz was struck by a pickup truck while he was still inside his cruiser. Medics treated an unconscious Munoz at the scene, and while this was happening, a Jeep ran into the pickup truck. https://www.officer.com/command-hq/technology/traffic/officer-visibility/video/21261331…
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Wrecker driver killed while clearing accident debris in Conroe A wrecker driver was killed Tuesday when he was struck by a van while removing debris from a previous car accident on FM 3083 in Conroe, police said. Stanley Schultz, 55, was taken to Conroe Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The van hit Schultz shortly after 7 p.m. in the 100 block of North FM 3083 as police were clearing another car accident in the same location. Patrol cars partially blocked the eastbound lane of traffic and Schultz apparently crossed the road into the westbound lane of traffic to pick up debris. That's when the 2000 Chrysler van traveli…
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WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Crime Stoppers needs your help in solving a theft. The crime happened on Wednesday, August 18 between 7:00 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. in the 2500 block of Montgomery Place. According to police, an unknown suspect driving a white Dodge tow truck stole the victims’ 2015 GMC Sierra pickup truck and a white and black 28-foot wells cargo trailer. The police have very little information about this crime and could use your help. If you have any information about this crime or any other felony crime, call Crime Stoppers twenty-four hours a day at 940-322-9888, or if you are calling long distance, call 1-800-322-9…
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HOUSTON – Police are investigating a shooting that left a tow truck driver with serious injuries. Detectives say the victim was working in the area of Peekskill Lane and Telephone Road near Houston’s Hobby Airport when he was confronted by two men with a rifle. The gunmen robbed him and shot him several times. The tow truck driver got away and called police. He was taken to a hospital with gunshot injuries to his arm and chest. No arrests have been made. RESOURCE LINK with video
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There is a report of a Tow Truck being struck on I-35 in Waco, Texas The HD unit was towing a Motor Home when struck by a Tractor Trailer. Thankfully the report stated that there were no injuries. If anyone has any further information please share it, otherwise this will remain unconfirmed.
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Anyone know of a business for sale in TX, preferably NOT Houston. Helping a friend look for one, and they do not want heavies only light duty. If you know of something please let me know. Thanks, Angela Roper 512-484-7928 or email me at tiptow04@yahoo.com
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We have received a notification that a Tow Truck Operator in Texas has been injured. Sunday evening Issac Eaton wrote: Roughly 15 hours ago, two of my guys, Carlos and Derrick, were called to an accident on I-20 in Odessa. During the recovery, a Ford pickup clipped the front of or Peterbilt heavy flat bed, and then slammed into the back of Hercules, one of our rotators. It just missed Carlos, but unfortunately hit Derrick, who was at the drivers side control panel. Derrick was hit so hard, it knocked him out of his boots, and threw him down the road past the front of the rotator. He was transported and is banged up, and hop…
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One dead after car slams into back of tow truck in southwest Houston, police say
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BORDEN COUNTY, Texas — One person died in a crash in Borden County Thursday morning, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Coletyn R. King, 22, of Hermleigh was killed in the crash, which took place on U.S. Highway 180 just before 4:00 a.m. King’s truck was traveling east when it crossed the center stripe of the highway and hit a tow truck head-on. There was a passenger in King’s truck, who was transported to University Medical Center with non-incapacitating injuries. The driver of the tow truck was taken to Medial Arts Hospital in Lamesa with non-incapacitating injuries. King was not wearing a seat belt at the time of…
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18-wheeler crash in Kyle kills 22-year-old; driver arrested after leaving scene KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — A man has been arrested after a crash resulted in the death of a 22-year-old early Thursday morning on Interstate 35 in Kyle. Kyle police say Jose Luis Juarez, of Laredo, was driving an 18-wheeler north on Interstate 35 near mile marker 217 when the truck hit a box and tow truck parked on the right shoulder of northbound I-35. The tow truck driver, 22-year-old Tristen Cother, was killed on impact, according to police. Both the tow truck driver and box truck driver were outside their vehicles when the crash happened. The oper…
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Recovery efforts underway after vehicle found submerged in Greens Bayou Deputies are working the scene of a water rescue in north Harris County where a vehicle was found submerged in water. Harris County Sheriff's Office said deputies received a call at around 2:15 p.m. Thursday regarding a vehicle in water. It is not known if anyone was inside the vehicle at the time, nor what happened that led to the car being submerged. This story is developing. All updates can be found in this article. RESOURCE LINK with video
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VIDEO IN LINK BELOW GLADEWATER, Texas (KLTV) - Wrecker companies are always busy; vehicles break down and accidents happen. But vehicles are also abandoned, and at least one wrecker company says that is happening more often since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Although as it turned out it was not the case in this instance, vehicles break down, are pushed somewhere, and just left there since some owners can’t afford to fix them. Ryan Hill with 271 Wreckers in Gladewater says in his four years of pickups he’s seen an increase in abandoned vehicles. “A lot of these are coming from gas stations and even side of the road. It’s almost like peop…
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‘Move-Over’ law operation Monday on Ben White Blvd emphasizing tow trucks AUSTIN (KXAN) — From 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Monday, be on the lookout for a tow truck along Ben White Boulevard, and make sure to move over or slow down for it. The Austin Police Department is conducting an operation to enforce the “Move-Over” law that requires drivers to either move over a lane away from responding emergency vehicles (including tow trucks) or slow down to 20 mph below the posted speed limit. APD says research from the American Automobile Association says a tow truck operator is killed once every six days responding to disabled ve…
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The Texas Department of Transportation’s roadside assistance program, known as HERO, is coming to San Antonio starting Monday. By October, HERO will have 28 trucks on 14 major San Antonio highways, including Loop 410, Loop 1604, Interstate 35, U.S. 281, U.S. 90, Interstate 10 and Texas 151. Hoping for under-20-minute response times, the trucks will run from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., usually two vehicles per route, less frequently overnight and on weekends. If it sounds familiar, it’s because HERO-like programs operated in some Texas cities more than 10 years ago but were often stalled by budget cuts. HERO drivers in Dodge Ram 2500 pickups will …
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Tow Truck drivers gathered in remembrance of Tristen Cother at Oakwood Church on Friday. Cother, 22, Tristan was a tow truck operator with his family's business, . An 18-wheeler struck Cother, parked on the shoulder of Interstate 35 in Kyle, killing him on impact on Aug. 20, 2020. RESOURCE LINK Images will be added as they become available. From Tristen’s Family: “We would like to thank everyone who has reached out to us from family, friends, tow brothers and sisters, customers, people we don't even know as well as our beautiful community. We want you to know that although we are not responding we have read every comment …
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This message reports a confirmed tower down of a 22-year-old tow operator killed yesterday in a solo-vehicle traffic accident in Texas having lost control of the tow truck. AusTex Towing & Recovery, in Austin, made slight mention of losing one of their drivers on their Facebook page. I don’t have further details. The article below is from the Daily Times Newspaper, located in Kerrville, Texas, about an hour north of San Antonio and two hours west of Austin. https://dailytimes.com/news/article_e9d14d40-e8d2-11ea-9ebd-c7e9f520688e.html Christine and I send our prayers and condolences to AusTex Towing and the young man’s family. R.…
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Topic Originally Created by Brian Riker in December of 2006: I am not a Texas expert by any means, but maybe since they are only transporting vehicles on behalf of their own dealership group they are not subject to Texas tow truck rules. I know here in New York and New Jersey they have tow truck rules that do not apply to my 2 and 4 car carriers because I do not do any non-consent towing only transport work (I am in the car haul industry). I use tow truck type equipment since I get a mix of running/driving cars as well as non-running cars, but NY and NJ look at them just like the Feds do, they are only freight unless and until I try to tow one off the side of …
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Houston-Galveston Area Council expanding ‘Tow and Go’ program to Jersey Village. The Houston-Galveston Area Council announced Wednesday, Aug. 5, the expansion of its free towing service for drivers whose vehicles break down on the road. The Gulf Coast Regional Tow and Go Program is now serving motorists on all camera-monitored freeways in Harris County and the cities of Jersey Village, Humble, La Porte and Bellaire. Tow and Go is managed by H-GAC and is funded by the Federal Highway Administration and the Texas Department of Transportation. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is a contributing partner in working with permitted Tow and Go…
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Stealth Towing and Recovery Services Reports the loss of two of their employees in a tragic accident. With a sad and heavy heart Stealth Towing and Recovery Services is heartbroken to announce that we lost two amazing men early Thursday morning 8/13/2020. Jimmy and Pops were some of the best, hard working men on our team! We didn’t just lose a part of our team we lost our brothers. While they were working on Wednesday night their vehicle was rear ended at an excessive speed and sadly ended their lives. Please send any prayers to their families at this extremely difficult time. Note: This is being reported with only the detai…
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A portion of Sam Houston Parkway westbound in north Houston was early Wednesday shutdown after a driver was killed in a crash with a tow truck, according to investigators. That victim has been identified as a 23-yea-old man. It happened about 2:45 a.m. Wednesday in the westbound lanes of N. Sam Houston Parkway E, Beltway 8, near John F. Kennedy Boulevard. Investigators said the truck was at the scene of a burning SUV when it was struck by a blue Chevrolet Tahoe while moving into the mainlanes. It had it's emergency equipment on and had the damaged SUV in tow. The Chevrolet driver was trapped inside their vehicle and, accordi…
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McAllen, Texas (KVEO)—McAllen police is asking for the public’s help in identifying a tow truck suspected of stealing a car. According to a news release, the theft took place on Monday. The tow truck is described as possibly a white late model Ford F-450 with a double roll bar and five amber-colored lights on the roof of the cab. A man reported that his beige 2010 Chevrolet Impala had been stolen from his residence near the 1100 block of Fern Avenue, according to the release. Surveillance video caught images of the suspected tow truck. Anyone who knows where the suspect vehicle is, who operates it, or any details…
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A man is in critical condition after the truck he was driving veered off the road on Interstate 69 Friday morning and hit a wrecker on the side of the highway. A 30-year-old man is in critical condition after he drifted off Interstate 69 in the box truck he was driving and struck a tow truck parked on the side of the road. William Alexander Benavides remained at Kingwood Hospital Friday afternoon. Department of Public Safety Sgt. Erik Burse said Benavides was north on Interstate 69 when he stuck the back of a Saddle Creek Towing and Recovery tow truck. Once on scene, firefighters with the Porter Fire Department worked …
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A man on a scooter was killed after being hit by a tow truck driver on Sunday morning in southwest Houston, according to police. Police said they are looking for the driver accused of hitting the man on Westheimer and Chimney Rock without stopping. The man was on a scooter heading westbound on a crosswalk when the driver of an unknown dark colored vehicle going eastbound almost hit him. That's when the man jumped off the scooter and the driver of a white tow truck hit him. Police said the driver of the tow truck could face a felony failure to stop and render aid charge. The man was dead when police arrived. Police inter…
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A Statement from Mission Wrecker, Bexar County, Texas This happened to one of our driver's this Friday evening. Luckily, no one was seriously injured. We had just finished assisting a customer on the side of the highway and they had just left the scene and were back on their way. Our driver got back in the cab and was getting ready to leave. BAM! Then this happened. We were struck on the side of the highway by an 18 wheeler. Slow Down or Move over when you see emergency lighting. Help us all get home safe.
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