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Discussions related to the continent of Africa Towing & Recovery Discussions.
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ER24 and other services arrived on scene at 12:45 to find three trucks blocking the highway. Two men were injured on Friday afternoon, one seriously, when a tow truck crashed into another truck on the N3 near the Van Buuren off-ramp in Bedfordview. ER24 and other services arrived on scene at 12:45 to find three trucks blocking the highway. Fuel had begun to leak from one of the trucks and was spreading across the highway. Medics assessed the patients and found that one man had sustained a serious injury to his leg and was in a serious condition, while a second man had sustained minor injuries. Medics treated the …
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Hey Ron ... could you please add a rocker for AFRICA in the International section of the TowForce page? I’m sharing a “TOWER DOWN” notifcation; not caused by motorists or tow truck crashes, but from an act of violence with ear-markings of a movie plot. An international contact of mine sent me a link to a deadly shooting death of a tow operator 2-week’s ago. I guess this one slipped through the cracks. An ambush occurred after three or four vehicles with reportedly a dozen or so heavily armed shooters first ambushed an armored car in, Florida, an area outside of Johannesburg. According to Africa’s media, there have been a string of arm…
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Tow truck driver describes how mob 'looted' vehicle as accident victim was dying in his car A Chatsworth tow truck owner watched helplessly as a mob allegedly looted the capsized vehicle of a critically injured motorist minutes before he died on the Higginson Highway at the weekend. The motorist, 46-year-old Pratish Choudree, from Isipingo Hills, south of Durban, will be cremated on Wednesday after the tragic incident late on Saturday. Eugene Ishwarlall, owner of Eugene's Auto Assist and head of the Chatsworth Towing Association, told SowetanLIVE's sister publication TimesLIVE he was parke…
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The tow truck driver parked next to this open inspection drain in the dark, and fell in after stepping out of his vehicle. Image: Netcare 911 On Sunday night a towing operator fell about 5m down a water inspection drain which had one of its covers missing. Shawn Herbst of Netcare 911 said paramedics were alerted about a collision at 9.40pm on Sunday in Tshepisong, Soweto. One person sustained minor injuries in the accident involving two vehicles. Herbst said the tow truck driver arrived on scene soon after the collision. When he climbed out of his vehicle, he fell into a manhole located next to his door of his vehicle. Em…
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Tragedy occurred late Thursday evening during restrictions of movement order when two fallen 20feet container laden trucks, a private tow truck and a towed Toyota Sienna involved in a multiple road crash along Apapa-Oshodi Express Road, enroute Cele Bus Stop, inward Oshodi, Lagos, killing one yet be identified man on the spot. According to source, the accident which claimed the life of a truck assistant of a private tow truck, occurred when the tow truck broke down along the Apapa – Oshodi Express Road, inward Oshodi, while efforts were being made to repair it, a faulty articulated truck conveying two 20feet containers which was on top speed, suddenly develope…
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Durban - Ashveer Roopnarain, 35, and his wife Charlene, 32, had big dreams for this year. He was a chiropractor who practised in Bayview, Chatsworth. She is a medical doctor who had worked for Caprisa (the Centre for the Aids Programme in South Africa). In October, the couple gave up their jobs in Durban and moved to Midrand, north of Joburg, where they had jobs in the pharmaceutical industry. Charlene started work in October while Ashveer would have started his job this week. The couple wanted to buy their own home in the coming months and start a family. However, tragedy stuck on Thursday a day after the couple had welcomed in th…
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As South Africa's on-going (towing) turf wars continue, another tow business owner was gunned down outside his home Sunday just before midnight. the location of the shooting was the site of the shooting homicide of this guy's business partner last year. The victim in this shooting, Kalvin Periasamy,was said to have been involved in the 2016 murder of tower Enver Ramsamy. This is the 19th shooting/homicide involving tow truck drivers and tow business owners I've recorded in 10-years. The South African government still hasn't gained any hold to control the violence that is reportedly gang related. They obviously take their business and competition seriously there. R …
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Multiple injuries as taxi and heavy-duty tow truck collide on Van Reenen’s Pass Emergency personnel, towing services and RTI officers responded to the scene Numerous occupants in a minibus taxi were injured in a crash on Van Reenen’s Pass on Tuesday (September 10). A heavy-duty tow truck was in the process of ‘recovering’ a truck that was in the ‘arrester bed’ when the taxi crashed into it. Those in the minibus who sustained injuries were treated at the scene before being taken to hospital. Emergency personnel, towing services and RTI officers responded to the scene. …
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News Out of South Africa: Rescue Care operations director Garrith Jamieson, with Nkosi Makhaye, owner of Kasi Boys Towing, who was murdered on Saturday night. Durban - A TOW truck owner was gunned down outside his business in Cato Crest at the weekend. Nkosi Makhaye, owner of Kasi Boys Towing, was shot dead on Saturday night while standing next to his vehicle parked in Thula Crest Road. According to a source, he was talking to a friend when two men approached them and fired shots. Makhaye died at the scene. His friend was unharmed in the shooting. Police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele confirmed that Cat…
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I have sad news to report from the South African Cape where a 38-year-old tow truck driver from, Algoa Towing and Recovery, was killed in a hit and run around 3AM this morning. It was reported that the tow truck driver was on the side of the road taking photos of the accident for insurance purposes when a small pickup truck struck him and then fled the scene. Christine and I send our prayers and sympathy to the tower’s family and to Algoa Towing. R. https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2019-05-25-tow-truck-driver-killed-in-hit-and-run/
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If you follow international news, its been reported that 5x tow truck drivers, in Durban, South Africa, were shot yesterday as they stood in the parking lot of an urban gas station early yesterday when a drive-by shooting killed one on-scene and another died at an area hospital . Three other tow truck drivers were also hit by gunfire and they are in serious condition. A motive is not readily known, however Durban has been a hotbed of violence against and toward tow truck operators who have battled each other in past years over alleged turf wars. It was also said that one of the deceased was a well-known tow boss (unconfirmed). Here's a link to a news story ... scroll down…
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A well-known insurance firm has accused a Newcastle tow truck company of “unscrupulous business practices and borderline blackmail tactics” to secure undue payments. The case highlights the problems being experienced with many towing companies that the Weekend Witness has reported about recently. In papers before the Pietermaritzburg high court this week, Santam alleged that Atlas Towing’s refusal to release a vehicle was unreasonable and “tantamount to extortion”. Santam said it tried to reason with Atlas and when that failed it got its attorney involved, but that also proved useless. The only option afterwards was to turn to the court…
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South Africa: The victim was attending to an accident scene near the KFC in Richards Bay when the suspect approached him According to reports, the victim, Siphelele ‘Phephe Madlisa’ Sibiya (29), a well-known tow truck company owner, was shot with a high calibre weapon countless of times. RESOURCE LINK
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