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Topic from July 2005: This one will surely spark debate! I know I have so many emotions just reading this garbage. It's bad enough people think a private industry should work for FREE. But then that industry gives their local governments reason to step in and regulate. That's enough you read the story and we will likely end up moving this too and listed member forum. Fantastic company image being protrayed in the article as well. Anna MacKay thought the worst was over when a St. Louis police detective told her that her Vespa scooter, stolen two weeks earlier in University City, had been found. But it wasn't. To get her scooter back, MacKay went to the …
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ST. LOUIS (AP) - The tow truck driver who was involved in Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock's fatal car accident says he suffers every day when he remembers the event. Thirty-3-year-old Jacob Hargrove tells KSDK TV in St. Louis that he has been diagnosed with post traumatic stress syndrome since the accident. Authorities say Hancock rear-ended Hargrove's truck in April while Hancock was driving drunk. Hancock's father is suing Hargrove's company for negligence in the accident. Hargrove says he thinks about the accident every day. He remembers seeing Hancock's truck speeding toward him without showing any signs of slowing down. Hargrove says he braced himself in the truck …
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Swansea wants to close tow yard By Aaron Sudholt SPECIAL TO THE POST-DISPATCH 04/16/2007 SWANSEA — Village officials are trying to shut down a towing company because nearby homeowners complain that it promotes vermin and reduces property values. "Everyone would feel a whole lot better if that place just went away," Swansea Mayor Charles Gray said. In December, village officials had backed off plans to revoke the business registration of J & K Express Towing on the condition that the site, at 2511 Caseyville Avenue, be cleaned up, the number of towed cars limited to 10 and non-working tow trucks removed from the property by June 20. Now, new complaint…
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Emergency crews with the Boone County Fire Protection District respond to a wreck yesterday on Interstate 70 that left two people hospitalized. The accident occurred about 8 p.m. as tow truck driver Raymond C. Ziegelbein, 44, of Sturgeon was removing a Jeep from the shoulder of the eastbound lanes of I-70 near Highway 40, Boone County Fire Battalion Chief Gale Blomenkamp said. A car driven by Richard Carpenter, 24, of Columbia ran off the right side of road and struck the Jeep, tow truck and Ziegelbein, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. The car overturned, landing on its roof in both eastbound lanes. Carpenter, who was wearing a seat belt, was in fair condition at U…
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Diamond Towing owner shuts down business to help victims By Todd G. Higdon / Daily News Staff Writer JOPLIN - After the destruction left by Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast, Louis Pike and three of his employees decided to act. And act they did. “We saw the destruction on the television and the people begging and pleading for help and we decided to help,” said Pike, who owns Diamond Towing and Recovery company in Joplin. So he shut down his business for the time that they were gone and paid his employees. Prior to leaving, the samaritans purchased canned food, bottled water, put together all the equipment (such as shovels, rakes, chainsaws) and an RV. “We we…
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News Video Link: https://fox4kc.com/video/kc-woman-injured-in-hit-and-run-involving-tow-truck/5742578/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A hit-and-run in Kansas City has left one woman injured, traumatized and without a car, while authorities look for the other driver.
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Protester accused of attacking St. Louis City employees outside of City Hall charged, officials say ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) – An arrest has been made after two St. Louis City employees were attacked outside of City Hall while attempting to tow vehicles parked illegally overnight. Daundre Fitzpatrick, 20, was arrested Monday in connection to the assault. He was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and two charges of assault. According to police, around 3:15 a.m. Thursday, two 47-year-old men were at 13th and Chestnut to tow vehicles parked in a no parking zone when they were overtaken by protesters who climbed onto the tow trucks and laid …
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Edward H. White, of Eagle Rock, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at his home. He was born in Potsdam, N.Y., the son of Dallas and Bonnie (Meeks) White. On Sept. 21, 2002, he was united in marriage to Ellen Murphy, who survives. Additional survivors include: his mother, Bonnie White Plumlee of Eagle Rock; and two sisters, Terri Dickens of Memphis, Tenn., and Melissa House of Bentonville, Ark. Preceding him in death was his father, Dallas White. He graduated from high school in Fayetteville, Ark. For 14 years he was Deputy Sheriff in the four-state area. He also worked in the roofing business for five years in Bella Vista,…
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Please keep Schmit Towing, my husband and our employees in your prayers. We are on standby with law enforcement to use our trucks to help out tonight. I myself am scared but God will help!
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A person was killed Saturday night around 10:30 after getting hit by a tow truck driver. The accident happened on Highway 65 North and Chestnut Expressway in Springfield. Springfield police tell KY3 News that a driver called for help, the tow truck responded and while on scene, there was a terrible accident, and the tow truck driver ended up running over someone. No names have been released and officers said they could not answer any further questions until the investigation is complete. RESOURCE LINK
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The statewide stay-at-home order has been dimming everyone’s plans lately. Among those arguably hit the hardest are children that have had to celebrate their birthdays AT HOME! While we understand as adults the importance of social distancing, it’s not the easiest thing to explain to the little ones. However, our community rallied together recently for one Springfield child to have a birthday to remember. Malcolm turned 3 this month but he wasn’t able to have a party. His mother, Jessi Gray, says Malcolm has autism and loves sirens and lights. She made a Facebook post for friends and family to organize a small parade to celebrate through soci…
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One person suffers life-threatening injuries after tow leads to chase, shooting in KC KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One person has life-threatening injuries Tuesday night after a shooting near the Raytown-Kansas City border. Police said the incident began in Raytown as a disturbance call involving the towing of a vehicle. A spokesperson for the tow company told FOX4 they were called for a police impound tow, and officers left before the car was secured. Police then said a chase between the two vehicles ensued. According to the tow company, the driver of the car began chasing the tow truck driver. The chase continued into Kansas City wh…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two tow truck drivers carried out a rolling gun battle in a western Kansas City neighborhood, seriously wounding one of them, police said. The shooting happened Tuesday night near the Glen Lake neighborhood, the Kansas City Star reported. Police said the altercation began in Raytown, when one tow truck driver tried to run over the other, and continued into Kansas City. At some point, one driver opened fire on the other as they drove north on Norfleet Road, police said. The chase and shooting continued as the tow trucks traveled west and ended a short time later. Police said one of the drivers was sho…
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- More than 100 tow trucks from around the country lead a procession Saturday in Springfield, Missouri and paid their final respects to Timothy Williams. Williams, a tow truck driver for Affordable Towing,was struck and killed by a driver on U.S. Highway 65, a few miles north of Springfield, on Feb. 7. UPDATES ARE PENDING More than 100 Trucks Process in Honor of Timothy Williams More than 100 tow trucks processed around the city of Springfield in honor of fallen driver Timothy Williams, who was killed north of Springfield while he was on duty. Williams was remembered by his coll…
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Dozens of tow truck drivers will lead procession Saturday after funeral for Springfield tow truck driver SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Dozens of tow trucks will participate in a funeral procession Saturday for a driver killed after he was struck on U.S. 65 in Springfield. Timothy Williams, an Affordable Towing driver, died February 7 after another driver hit him during a call. He was 55-years-old. Visitation is at Greenlawn Funeral Home North on Friday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Family and friends will remember Williams Saturday at a memorial at Freedom City Church on Division Street at noon. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. …
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Crash kills Missouri tow truck driver, proves importance of ‘Move Over’ law CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - A Missouri tow truck driver was killed on the job Friday Feb. 7 when he was struck by vehicle on the a state highway north of Springfield. Emergency workers in the Heartland say the crash is an important reminder for all drivers to follow the state’s ‘Move Over’ law. “It’s a huge problem and it’s only getting worse you know the distracted driving is at an all time high,” said Ron Pratt with Midwest Truck Sales & Service Inc. Pratt has had some close calls working on the side …
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Tow truck operators ask you to watch them, move over after death of Timothy Williams SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Two men from Springfield want you to pay attention to the road the entire time you're driving. They know their lives depend on it. Those men spoke with us just days after a fellow tow truck driver was hit and killed while working on U.S. 65. It's a risky job, and what they're saying is: move over. It seems to be a simple thing to do, but they say too many people have other things on their minds when they're behind the wheel. Terry Harden is just like you. He knows drivers can have a lot on their minds... "I gotta get my daughter pick…
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UPDATE: Affordable Towing says Timothy J. Williams was out on the job last night when he was fatally struck by a driver near Springfield. NEAR SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A tow truck driver was struck and killed Friday night on U.S. Highway 65. Timothy J. Williams, 55, an employee with Affordable Towing, was out on the job when he was fatally struck by a driver. Williams, who lived in Springfield, would have celebrated his birthday Saturday, according to a spokesperson from Affordable Towing. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash happened a few miles north of Springfield near Bluegrass Road around 9 p.m. Ac…
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Stephen Steinmark, owner and operator of Steve’s towing in Lebanon Missouri suffered a massive heart attack which ended his life on 01.20.20. Anybody Towing posted this on their FB page: We were sad to learn a little while ago that we have lost one of our local wrecker company owners. Steve Steinmark of Steve Steinmark Towing in Lebanon died today 1/20/2020 while cleaning up a motor vehicle accident. It appears by first reports that his death was due to natural causes. The owners and employees of Anybody Towing wishes his family and employees our deepest condolences. Obituary Notification: https://www.shadelscolonialc…
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KAMMERER Edward Allen Born : February 5, 1955 Entered into rest : December 26, 2015 60 years old Mr. Kammerer owned and operated A-1 Towing in Strafford. He responded to an accident where someone hit a power pole at the intersection of Farm Roads 112 and 125, north of Springfield. The driver of that car left the scene. Another vehicle drove up on the downed pole and it went into the ditch trying to avoid the electrical wires on the ground. When Mr. Kammerer pulled up, the lives wires came into contact with his truck and he died of an electrical shock at the scene. He leaves behind his wife Betty, four children, and many othe…
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ST. JOHN, MO - A tow truck driver is hospitalized after he was hit during a crash when he was trying to pull a stranded driver out of a ditch in St. John. “I was terrified, terrified,” said 35-year-old tow truck driver Robert Davis. Davis, who works for A2B Towing and Recovery Service out of Hazelwood, was pulling a Saturn out of a ditch in the center median of I-170 north near St. Charles Rock Road Sunday night around 7:15pm. Robert says he was almost done and was outside of his unit talking with the female driver of the vehicle and her son who were both in the Saturn. That`s when St. John police say another car…
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Salina Wrecker Driver Killed in Crash A Salina man was killed in a crash late Tuesday afternoon on the Kansas Turnpike in southern Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 32-year-old Jacob Palmer was driving a 2014 Western Star Wrecker. The wrecker rolled into a ditch along the southbound lanes. According to the agency, Palmer was killed in the crash. The crash happened at 4:12 Tuesday afternoon, on the Kansas Turnpike in the area of mile marker 25 in Sumner County. RESOURCE LINK
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Metro man says car was illegally towed after driver claimed to be with AAA KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A man says his car was illegally towed by Downtown Towing and Recovery after his car crash last week. “It was Halloween morning, there was a huge snow storm and when I was getting home from work around 3 a.m. I slipped on black ice and rammed into a guard rail,” explained Gary Lewis. “I couldn’t really get the car out; I couldn’t back up or anything and I was blocking traffic.” Lewis said he was approached by a tow truck driver that offered help at $300. “I called my step dad and he said no, to call AAA so I got back in my car and called,” …
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Richard Dewane Bundy, 51 of Scott City died Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born February 9, 1968 in Cape Girardeau to Lewis Allen and Ruby Evelyn Simmons Bundy. He married Gloria Jean Newbolds on October 2, 2001 in Benton, Missouri. He was a tow truck driver for Sperling's Garage & Wecker Service, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He is survived by his wife, Gloria; a son, Kevin Bundy of Fruitland; three daughters, Melissa Quertemous, Cheryl Koenig and Melissa Whittington of Scott City; three brothers, Kenneth Bundy of Charleston, Missouri, Bruce Bundy of Jackson, Missouri and Raymond Bun…
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I suppose this story is even more powerful as I lost my Dad to Alzheimer's this past January. Part of a story by Mark Newberry which appeared in the Farmington Press Online / Daily Journal Online As a natural extension of the body shop business, Rodney Milfelt has created a one-of-a-kind tribute to his father’s memory and to help cure Alzheimer’s. “In 2007 I was on the internet just looking for wrecked cars in junkyards and ran across my dad’s very first wrecker that he bought in 1965 when he went into business,” he said, “He actually went into the wrecker business before the body shop. I found it in Potosi, …
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Tow truck drivers piled into Riverfront Park on Tuesday to pay tribute to Blake Gresham. “He always wanted to be a tow truck driver,” said Amy Gresham, his mom. “His dad was hit by a car, so I was surprised he wanted to go that way. But if he were here today, he’d tell you this is what he always wanted.” Gresham was hit by a car in 2012 while assisting a motorist with a tow. He was 18 years old and a large reason that the Move-Over-Law included tow truck drivers. “They just aren’t moving over,” one truck driver told FOX4. “I can’t count the number of times I’ve been hit, and I’m sick of it. Law enforcement needs to s…
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2 men found dead of stab wounds in Kansas City KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City police are investigating after two bodies were found behind a church. A tow truck driver discovered the bodies of two men Tuesday morning behind the Sheffield Family Center. RESOURCE LINK
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Mike Matousek, OOIDA’s manager of government affairs, recently testified at the Missouri statehouse in support of two bills that would add consumer protections for truckers who are forced to have their tractor-trailer towed in the state. Matousek told Missouri’s Senate Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee on Feb. 21 that bill S323 would provide small-business truckers a means of contesting unreasonable charges regarding nonconsensual tows. A nonconsensual tow is one that is initiated by law enforcement with no opportunity for the trucker to negotiate services or compare prices. “I had a lot of great questions from lawmakers on the t…
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