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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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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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HAMILTON COUNTY, Neb. - A Missouri man got jail, probation and a fine for his part in a fatal accident on I-80 near Grand Island last year. Victor Genetti, 30, of Sugar Creek, Missouri, was convicted of misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide in Hamilton County Court. He was arrested March First last year for a crash at mile marker 321 on the shoulder of the eastbound lanes. A vehicle driven by India Marie Simpson, 26, of Waxhaw, North Carolina, had become disabled. While she was walking from her vehicle to tow-truck, a semi driven by Genetti entered the shoulder and struck Simpson. Genetti Tuesday was sentenced to 32 days in jail, two y…
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NORTH COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV.com)-- Rescue efforts are underway after a car crashed into a home in Vinita Park early Thursday morning. Emergency crews responded to a home in the 8300 block of Page Ave near North & South, around 6:15 a.m. It is unknown if any injuries were reported or the number of passengers inside the car. Moments later, News 4 crews on scene watched several cars spin out on a nearby icy road close to the accident. One driver of a red Honda slammed into the back of a flatbed tow truck, just inches away from the home. The tow truck driver was transported to a local hospital, according to News 4 …
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. - A semi-truck driver has minor injuries after he hit a tow truck and the semi-truck it was towing just after 6 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 70 in Boone County. According to Highway Patrol troopers, the tow truck and its tow were both stationary emergency vehicles. The driver of the other semi-truck, 65-year-old Teddy Daf, apparently failed to see both vehicles and hit them both. Daf was wearing a seat belt.
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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Police looking for a man they said robbed a two truck driver in south St. Louis County Tuesday night. Police said a tow truck driver was robbed near Interstate 55 and Butler Hill at around 3:15. The driver was not hurt, but was robbed of some cash. Police were chasing after the suspect for a short time, but they lost track of him. A little while later, the suspect's car was found in Illinois but the car was empty. RESOURCE LINK
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Driver charged in deadly Northland hit-and-run had revoked license, admitted to drinking before crash KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City police arrested a man who is now charged in Sunday's deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a tow truck driver at Interstate 35 and North Brighton. Frankie Lee Jones, a 44-year-old Kansas City man, is charged with leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in death, a class D felony. A probable cause statement says that Jones' license had been revoked, and he told investigators that he had six or seven Coronas before the crash. During his interview, he admitted to driving the Chevrolet Equinox police had been looking for…
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Police were looking for the driver of a black sedan that struck and killed a tow truck driver working a roadside rescue along Interstate 35 in Kansas City, North, late Sunday. The tow truck driver was identified as John “Johnny” Stewart, according to the Facebook page for GT Tow Service of Smithville. The crash occurred about 10:45 p.m. Sunday along northbound I-35 near North Brighton Avenue. Stewart, who was helping a stranded motorist, was hit while he was securing a silver Toyota on his truck. He was standing at the controls near the left side of his truck, according to a preliminary crash report from Kansas City police. Stewart was …
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Dozens of tow trucks from across Kansas gathered in Salina Saturday morning to pay tribute to a colleague who was killed in a crash earlier this week. Late Tuesday afternoon 32-year-old Jacob “Jake” Palmer was driving a 2014 Western Star Wrecker. The wrecker rolled into a ditch along the southbound lanes of the Kansas Turnpike in Sumner County. A memorial service was held for Palmer, a 2004 graduate of Bennington High School, Saturday morning in Salina. Prior to the service dozens of tow trucks, all shapes and sizes, gathered at the 24/7 Travel Center just north of I-70 to honor Palmer, who was a driver for Palmer Towing & Recovery in Salina, in a most…
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We sold the heavy wreckers.... Russ Towing will live on, but Russ Automotive is out of the towing business. I'm very happy that Tow Pro out of Holts Summit/Jefferson City bought us. It's a relief to know that our customers will be taken care of. Tow Pro has had our back (and vice versa) for many years. Russ Automotive has built a huge expansion (growing in a different direction); Russ is still working some recoveries with Gary and his crew; and I am looking forward to quiet phones, Sundays off....and maybe an occasional vacation! It's been a great run, but this ole lady is happy to hang up the hooks. Stay safe ... And remember that you're working a high risk job w…
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The driver in a crash that caused a serious backup on U.S. Highway 65 in Christian County the morning of June 5 sustained serious injuries. The Missouri State Highway Patrol investigated a crash where a tow truck became airborne and separated from the vehicle it was towing. Preston Eagles, 54, of Mt. Vernon was taken to a Springfield hospital with serious injuries, according to the Highway Patrol accident report. The report says Eagles was driving southbound on Highway 65 approximately four miles south of Ozark at 9:15 a.m., when the 1986 Peterbilt tow truck traveled off the right side of the road and struck an embankment. The tow truck left the ground, lost att…
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