Maine

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   Working: Tim Cook, five decades-plus of towing (ME)

   January 13, 2020 by TowNews

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   BRIDGTON — Tim Cook has been towing for more than five decades. With thousands of tows under his belt, he specializes in the ones most people don’t want, rescuing an oil truck stuck miles down a snowmobile trail, pulling half of a house out of a pond. “A manure truck that rolled over comes to mind,” said retired Lovell Fire Chief Tommie McKenzie. Cook, 66, was pinned into American Towman Magazine’s Order of Towman last month, an award reserved for drivers nominated by fire and police officials. “He’s always done a great job doing it, an expert in how to recover a vehicle,” said McKenzie, who put in Cook’s name. “I figured it was well-deserved.…

   

   Last reply by TowNews, January 13, 2020
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   Tow Truck & Driver Struck 12.13.19 (ME)

   December 14, 2019 by TowNews

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   Robert trask with All Time Towing & Recovery reported that one of their trucks was hit twice on the interstate on Friday night. The driver is okay, he went go get checked out to make sure and then went home to his family as he should. Thank the Lord the driver is okay, the truck is just old iron and can be replaced. 11-vehicle pileup on I-95 in Pittsfield area caused by icy conditions, police say The Friday night crashes started after a vehicle skidded off the interstate and into the median and a wrecker was called to the scene, according to Maine State Police. An 11-vehicle chain reaction crash on Intersta…

   

   Last reply by Moose, December 19, 2019
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   Tow Truck Colided with vehicle head on. (ME)

   August 17, 2019 by TowNews

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   Fire and rescue crews worked to free a woman trapped in her vehicle Friday after a car and truck collided on Lisbon Street. LEWISTON — At least one person was seriously injured Friday night when a car and tow truck collided head-on Lisbon Street. The crash was first reported at about 7:30 p.m. Nearly an hour later, rescue crews were struggling to extricate a woman from her mangled vehicle. The vehicles collided on a stretch of Lisbon Street beneath the turnpike overpass, a short distance from North Lisbon Road. Witnesses reported the tow truck, which had a car strapped to its bed, burst into flames after the impact. …

   

   Last reply by rreschran, December 10, 2019
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   First responders in Maine talk

   November 13, 2019 by TowNews

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   First responders in Maine talk of near misses and being hit by distracted drivers As Police Officers, Firefighters, Tow Truck Operators gather to share stories of close calls or being injured in an effort to get drivers to pay attention.

   

   Last reply by rreschran, November 13, 2019
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   Police: Woman drunk and texting crashes into trooper’s cruiser (ME)

   July 22, 2019 by TowNews

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   A Springvale woman is facing multiple charges after she struck police cruiser while texting and driving under the influence Saturday on Route 202 in Lebanon, according to Maine State Police. Molly Foisy York County Jail Trooper Benjamin Handzel was parked behind a tow truck in the breakdown lane at the intersection of Route 202 and Blaisdell Corner Road with the cruiser’s emergency lights on around 9:30 p.m. Passing traffic had slowed to about 20 mph while the tow truck operator from Chandlers Towing and Recovery was securing a pick-up truck to the flatbed, police said. Police said 22-year-old Molly Foisy was driving a Nissan Sentra ea…

   

   Last reply by TowNews, July 22, 2019
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   Wrecker plunges into ocean after ground gives out (ME)

   May 17, 2019 by TowNews

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   Last reply by TowNews, May 17, 2019
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   Maine State Trooper Struck and Killed 04.03.19

   April 3, 2019 by TowNews

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   While this was certainly a bizarre and unfortunate tragic accident. The Number of State Troopers and Law Enforcement Officers being Killed or Injured when struck by other vehicles is now surpassing Tow Operators Struck. ---------------------- Maine state trooper killed in 'bizarre' accident along I-95 Maine State Police Det. Benjamin Campbell was out of his cruiser helping a car along I-95 when two wheels separated from a tractor-trailer truck, one hitting him in the break down lane. HAMPDEN, Maine — A state trooper was struck and killed Wednesday morning in a crash along I-95 in Hampden. Det. Benjamin Campbell was ou…

   

   Last reply by mooresbp, April 3, 2019
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   Hello

   January 1, 2018 by Builder 2

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   Glad to be here!

   

   Last reply by TowZone, January 1, 2018