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Tow Operator Killed - Oklahoma: Having talked with a tow company contact in Oklahoma, I've learned that a tow operator was struck and killed near the small town of Fletcher Oklahoma on Wednesday July 8th, 2020. A news report identified the tow operator as 41-year-old Bernardo Martinez, of Sergio's Towing in Oklahoma City. Details reported that Mr. Martinez was loading a pickup onto his carrier when a female motorist came onto the shoulder and struck Mr. Martinez, and continued up the carrier's ramp, back onto the roadway, into a barrier and then out of control over the embankment. At impact, Mr. Martinez was thrown into a ditch of…
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OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma law requires drivers to move over when approaching an authorized vehicle on the side of the road, but that law could be getting a name change. Bernardo Martinez was a tow truck driver servicing his truck when a driver veered off the road and hit him. Both of his legs and an arm were amputated. He died sometime later, and his family has taken on the cause of telling Oklahoma drivers to slow down and move over. House Bill 1584 passed in the house and senate, and now Bernardo's family is one step closer to getting the recognition they have been asking for more than a year since Bernardo’s death. https://www.news9.com…
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Tow Truck Procession for long time OKC wrecker owner Sammy Potter (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), Sammy who was born in Millerton, Oklahoma, passed away on June 15, 2020, at the age of 77, leaving to mourn family and friends.
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Nov 7 at 9:30 AM EST – Nov 8 at 6 PM EST Stanley’s Wrecker Service-Perry Public · Hosted by Oklahoma Wrecker Owners Association All students must pre-registered and prepaid by Tuesday November 3, 2020 at 5 p.m. Stanley's Wrecker Service is a towing service in Perry, OK
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On Saturday April 25th, 2020 a Driver with Ben Gilbert Towing & Recovery, Coweta, Oklahoma was struck and killed by another vehicle while riding his motorcycle. Ben Gilbert the owner of the company stated on 04.26.20: "This is Chris my driver he got killed yesterday on a motorcycle Prayers for him and his family.
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KOCO 5 spoke with tow truck drivers during a busy snow day in Oklahoma City. They said they hope drivers learn from other people’s mistakes and stay off the roads. Watch the video player in link for the full story. https://www.koco.com/article/tow-truck-drivers-work-around-the-clock-to-help-drivers-stuck-in-snow/30786287 First responders help with hundreds of weather-related incidents across metro
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Second Crash Caused By Driver Not Moving Over For Wrecker On I-44 In SW OKC RESOURCE LINK with video One crash on I-44 turned into three Friday morning sending multiple drivers to the hospital. But new legislation aims to prevent accidents upon accidents like this in the future.
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Photo Credit: Steve Johnson Recently published stories indicate that crime victims have gained a sympathetic ear with certain regulators at local and state levels regarding payment of towing and storage fees after a stolen vehicle is found. The argument goes that crime victims shouldn’t have to pay such fees. And in Oklahoma, for instance, the Legislature is weighing Senate Bill 256, which would eliminate tow storage charges for such crime victims – with the caveat that towing companies would be able to seek restitution or payment from the district attorney. If there’s one thing that gets tow company owners and operators riled up it’s the thought of nonpayment of ser…
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Photo Credit: Steve Johnson Recently published stories indicate that crime victims have gained a sympathetic ear with certain regulators at local and state levels regarding payment of towing and storage fees after a stolen vehicle is found. The argument goes that crime victims shouldn’t have to pay such fees. And in Oklahoma, for instance, the Legislature is weighing Senate Bill 256, which would eliminate tow storage charges for such crime victims – with the caveat that towing companies would be able to seek restitution or payment from the district attorney. If there’s one thing that gets tow company owners and operators riled up it’s the thought of nonpayment of ser…
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A suspect in a kidnapping on Monday in McIntosh County is in custody in Arkansas, according to a news release from the McIntosh County District Attorney's Office. The District Attorney’s Drug and Violent Crime Task Force was notified of a kidnapping that happened on Interstate 40. A local wrecker driver stopped to help someone in a car that had been wrecked and was in a ditch, and the occupant of the wrecked car approached the wrecker driver at gunpoint, forced himself inside the wrecker and ordered the driver to leave the scene, the release states. The suspect forced the wrecker driver to drive him across the state line into Arkansas where the wrecker dri…
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TULSA — After 34 years, a program that helped drivers get back home safely is no longer being offered. AAA Oklahoma says they've discontinued the Tipsy Tow program. Over the holidays, a driver who had too much to drink could call a wrecker, who would offer a ride home, along with towing the vehicle. A spokesman tells us new ways of getting around led to pulling tipsy tow. "One of the reasons the program shutdown is because of the popularity of rideshare services like Lyft and Uber," AAA spokesperson Mark Madeja said. "People love the service and we love to see them use it." AAA officials say before you go out to a party…
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OKLAHOMA CITY – A metro auto shop is a total loss following a fire early Wednesday morning. Oklahoma City fire crews responded to the fire just after 6 Wednesday morning at the corner of S.W. 41st and Roberson. "I'm glad the firefighters got out here and put it out before it got this main building,” said Hubert Sullivan, the owner of the building that caught fire. “I'm sorry for the guy who was renting the thing over there. He dealt in used cars and stuff.” "There was a nice car in there and my wrecker, but everything is just material. Everything can get fixed. No one was there,” said Luis Rueda, who was renting the space for the auto s…
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CREEK COUNTY, Oklahoma - A recovery crew found the body of a wrecker driver who died in a crash along the Turner Turnpike Monday morning between Sapulpa and Kellyville. Multiple agencies, including the OHP, were on the scene for several hours. Troopers say the wrecker hauling a semi ran off the road and into a ravine full of water on the westbound side of the turnpike. The driver of the wrecker died at the scene but troopers had to call in a special recovery crew which used a boat to find the body. Clifford McMullen said he heard the crash from his house…
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BIXBY, Okla. -- A tow truck driver hit by a semi truck last week was laid to rest. Jonathan Taylor's funeral was held at New Beginnings Baptist Church in Bixby Thursday. Taylor worked for Allied Towing as a heavy wrecker operator. He was struck by a semi truck Friday afternoon while loading another semi truck onto a wrecker on the Will Rogers Turnpike near Claremore. More than 80 tow truck drivers met up before his funeral to drive there together. "It's a brotherhood," Nick Ragsdale, owner of Ragsdales Towing and Recovery in Spencer, Okla. "We all are a really close knit type family, so when there is a loss like this, even though we are 100 miles up…
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Oklahoma tow truck operators will honor one their own Thursday after 43-year-old Jonathan Taylor was struck and killed last week on the job in Rogers County. Taylor's funeral is this afternoon at the New Beginnings Baptist Church in Bixby. Taylor, who lived in Broken Arrow, worked for Allied Towing of Tulsa. A convoy of tow trucks from Oklahoma City will travel up the Turner Turnpike heading to Taylor's funeral. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says it will provide an escort. Troopers say those tow trucks will meet up with even more operators in Tulsa who will then caravan to the church for Jonathan Taylor's funeral. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says…
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CLAREMORE, Okla. (KTUL) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a man is dead after being hit by a vehicle on the Will Rogers Turnpike Friday afternoon. The crash happened just before 1:30 p.m. in the westbound lanes of I-44 near Claremore. Officials say Jesse Jones, 70, was on the shoulder of Will Rogers Turnpike westbound because his car was not working. Jonathan Taylor, 43, was trying to tow Jones's car with his wrecker truck, so both men were out of their vehicles. OHP says 55-year-old Harry Welker was driving westbound in the outside lane, and for some unknown reason, left the roadway to the right and hit Taylor. Taylor was pronoun…
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