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   Nebraska Towers - Take the TIM CHALLENGE

   July 20, 2019 by rreschran

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   Topic Originally Create on Tow411 in September of 2014. The TIMs CHALLENGE FOR ALL Nebraska TOW PROFESSIONALS 30 September 2014 To The Nebraska Tow Truck Association, Membership, and ALL Professional Towers in Nebraska: I write to ask of you to consider the following narrative … CHALLENGE to all members of your state’s association. In the September 2014 Issue of American Towman Magazine, I CHALLENGED all towers to attend a FREE Traffic Incident Management Course. It simply requires four hours of the driver’s time with hope and intent to change the way we towers and first responders work on America’s highway. I write to ask that you will forwa…

   

   Last reply by rreschran, July 20, 2019
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   Tower Down: Omaha Man Dies from Tow Truck Fall

   June 7, 2019 by TowForce

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   Originally Posted on November 13, 2016: OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) - - A 47-year-old man was killed early Sunday morning from a fall from his tow truck, according to witnesses speaking to the Omaha Police. Officers were called to the Impound Lot at 7809 F St at 4:10am. They transported Jeffrey Johnson from the scene to Creighton Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. More details will be released as they become available. RESOURCE LINK 5towman said: Very sad. Thoughts and prayers to his family and friends. Doreen ur Finance Lady said: Prayers for Jeffery and his family. Lemar said: Thoughts and prayers to hi…

   

   Last reply by TowForce, June 7, 2019
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   Officers Injured During Towing Dispute, Four Arrested (NE)

   June 7, 2019 by TowForce

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   Two Bellevue police officers were assaulted Sunday morning during a confrontation over a vehicle being towed. Officers were called to an apartment building near Dundee and Dover courts around 9:30 a.m. to calm a dispute over ownership of the vehicle. When the vehicle in question was about to be towed away, several family members confronted the officers, who suffered minor injuries. One officer was taken to the Bellevue Medical Center, treated and released, while the other officer was treated at the scene. Two police cars had their windows kicked out. One man and three women were taken into custody on a variety of charges. Forty-nine-year-old Pablo Ochoa was arres…

   

   Last reply by TowForce, June 7, 2019
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   Tow411>Midwest States>Nebraska * North Dakota * South Dakota> Towing incident turns violent for tow truck driver (Neb)

   June 7, 2019 by TowForce

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   Originally Created on May 29, 2014: OMAHA, Neb. —A tow truck driver said he was assaulted by the owner of a vehicle that he said was parked illegally. he driver of the tow truck said a black Impala was parked in a “no parking” zone at an apartment complex near 108th and Fort streets Tuesday night.The owner of the Impala saw the vehicle loaded on the tow truck and decided to follow the driver in a vehicle behind him. By the time the driver reached 63rd and Grover streets, the incident turned violent. "He called him names, told him, 'No, you can't take it. It's my vehicle.' He started to push my driver, started to threaten my driver," said Kim Hobschei…

   

   Last reply by TowForce, June 7, 2019
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   Tow truck driver critically injured after being struck on I-80 shoulder (Neb.) 12.18.17

   November 5, 2018 by TowNews

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   Topic Originally Create December 19, 2017. A tow truck driver who was on an Interstate 80 shoulder hitching up a disabled semitrailer truck was critically injured Monday when he was hit by a pickup that drifted onto the shoulder, Omaha police said. Larry L. Miller, 70, of Omaha suffered a leg injury and was in critical but stable condition Monday evening at Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy, said Sgt. Doug Klein, an accident investigator. Miller was struck about 1:45 p.m. along eastbound I-80 at Q Street. Miller of Neff Towing Service had been hooking up the semi to tow it and was in between the tow truck and semi, Klein said. A 2011 Fo…

   

   Last reply by Doreen ur Finance Lady, November 6, 2018
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   2 killed in bellevue when tow truck crashes into stopped cars, police say "ne"

   January 6, 2018 by TowZone

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   Two people who were killed when a tow truck crashed into two vehicles stopped along the Kennedy Freeway were recalled Friday evening by friends as selfless and joyful. Khalil S. Jones, 19, and Shamus D. Dean, 47, died and two other people were critically injured early Friday in Bellevue, police said. Jones was an airman from Daytona Beach, Florida, who was stationed at Offutt Air Force Base. Dean is from Papillion. “A real tragedy like this is felt by everybody at Offutt,” base spokesman Drew Nystrom said. The crash occurred about 3:10 a.m. on the edge of the freeway’s southbound lanes at the Chandler Road exit. Jone…

   

   Last reply by TowZone, January 6, 2018
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   Tow truck driver hit on i-80 recovering after amputation (neb)

   January 4, 2018 by TowZone

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   A tow truck driver who was run over on the interstate is learning to walk again after losing his foot. Larry Miller is a fighter. At 70 years old, his therapists are impressed with how quickly he's been able to recover after such a traumatic injury. In a therapy session, Miller stood on his one remaining foot. Just over two weeks ago a driver hit Miller on I-80 at Q Street. Miller owns Neff towing and was out on a call when he was run over. “I’ve always feared that phone call, just growing up in this business and you just never know,” Ladona McCoy said. KETV Newswatch 7 met Miller and his family in the hospital a day after the accident. Doctors w…

   

   Last reply by TowZone, January 4, 2018