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A Forum for Towing Related News and Collective Thoughts. In here you will find Industry related news stories along with Condolences in Tower Down Posts. Positive posts such as Birth Announcements, Quotes, etc.
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AAA independent tow truck driver killed in hit-and-run on HWY 290 in NW Houston, company confirms HOUSTON – A tow truck operator was hit and killed while helping a stranded driver on the side of Highway 290 near Pinemont in northwest Houston on Saturday morning. According to a spokesperson from AAA, one of their independent operators was hit around 2 a.m. as he stood on the highway, loading the stranded driver’s vehicle onto his tow truck. Law enforcement officers said the driver that hit the operator left the scene immediately afterward. Authorities have not released any information on that person. …
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Police are investigating a crash that took place in the Monitor Merrimac Bridge Tunnel Saturday evening. The three-vehicle crash happened around 6:15 p.m., on Interstate 664 southbound, inside the Monitor Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel. According to officials, the crash resulted in serious, possibly fatal injuries. The crash is still under investigation. A woman driving a Dodge Durango with her four children inside was speeding in the left lane of the southbound tunnel, Virginia State Police said. A black Mercedes was also traveling in the left lane at approximately 60 MPH and in the path of the Dodge. …
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Tank-truck driver gets a year in jail for striking, killing man changing tires along Interstate 81 Robert A. Runyon, 50, of Newville, was sentenced to 1 year less a day in Cumberland County prison for this April 2018 accident in which he swerved his water-tanker truck off of Interstate 81 and fatally struck Robert Marshall, who was on the side of the road changing a tire. A Cumberland County man was sentenced to 1 year less one day to 2 years less one day in Cumberland County Prison Tuesday for crashing into and killing a Washington D.C. firefighter while he was changing a tire on the shoulder of Interstate 81 near Carlisle nearly four…
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‘Hero’ Tow Truck Driver Killed by Falling Tree As snow fell late on the day after Christmas, a Willow Creek man, 30-year-old Kevin Carlos Rodriguez, like many tow truck drivers was working hard pulling stuck travelers from ditches and out of icy roadways. Sadly, a tree fell striking and killing him. A resident of the area brought his death to our attention calling Rodriguez’ death. “The community will miss him,” she told us. “[H]e is a hero.” Samantha Karges, spokesperson for the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, told us that at 11:05 p.m. on December 26, her department received information that an employee of a towing company had been …
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Kevin Lacombe - Lacombe's Wrecker Service was involved in the accident on the Whiskey Bay Bridge. Reports are the tow truck driver was transported and while being banged up is in stable condition. A LA DOTD was also injured in the incident. His injuries are unknown. though said to be non life threatening. More details as they become available:
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Reports of some towing companies charging excessively high prices for vehicle recovery are common throughout Wyoming and the trucking community. In an industry deregulated by the federal government — and left that way by local and state agencies — there’s a growing debate between those who view this alleged predatory practice as a serious problem and others who deny it completely. In 2021, the Wyoming Highway Patrol received 40 complaints about towing companies, most from commercial trucking outfits, said WHP spokesperson Rodney Miears, who also is the department’s Tow & Recovery Program coordinator. That number is down from previous years, however. …
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Tow truck driver struck and killed by snow plow in Arnprior Police have identified a tow truck driver who was struck and killed by a snow plow on Monday in Arnprior as a 33-year-old man from Ottawa. The man was struck on the westbound Highway 417 under the White Lake Road overpass around 12:25 p.m. Police say a westbound snow plow struck the tow truck operator while he was helping another driver. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. On Tuesday, OPP identified him as Phillip Smith of Ottawa. A statement from Fraser’s Towing and Recovery in Arnprior said he was a father of two. “He was a loving father of two young ch…
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Tow truck driver seriously hurt after hit by alleged impaired driver on Hwy 19 in Lantzville RESOURCE LINK WITH NEWS VIDEO: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/impaired-driving-suspected-after-vehicle-strikes-tow-truck-driver-on-vancouver-island-1.5737388 NANAIMO — A tow truck driver is recovering after being struck by an alleged impaired driver on Hwy. 19 north of Nanaimo. RCMP said around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan.11, 2022, a driver from Mid Island Towing was assisting a pot hole-damaged vehicle parked on the side of Hwy.19 northbound near Rumming Rd., north of Lantzville. The vehicle was one of several vehicles sidelined due to poor hig…
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Tow truck driver injured in collision south of Fargo FARGO (KFGO) – A tow truck driver was taken to a Fargo hospital with serious injuries following a head-on collision on I-29 about seven miles south of Fargo Wed. morning. The state patrol says the wrecker, driven by 31-year-old Damian Barglof of West Fargo, was hit by a pickup. The pickup driver lost control on the ice-frost covered highway and crossed the median, striking Barglof’s tow truck. Barglof was inside the truck and not restrained. The pickup driver suffered minor injuries. The collision was reported shortly after 10 a. Resource Link
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These vehicles were destroyed in the Marshall Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp-eWxh0LxI
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LIFE WELL LIVED: Faribault tow truck driver remembered for kindness, wisdom on Rasmussen was known for a lot of things, but he was known by most for his caring, but straightforward attitude. He had a long lasting effect on a lot of people. Through his time as the owner of and employee at Glenn’s Towing & Service, Don helped everyone he could. It was through Glenn’s that Don became so well known, but it is thanks to his personality that he will always be well remembered. Don took over his father Glenn’s service station in Faribault in the 1980s, quickly becoming an integral part of the Faribault community. Do…
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Road ranger seriously injured in I-75 hit-and-run crash; troopers searching for driver WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. - A road ranger was struck by a driver who fled from the collision, and troopers say they are trying to track down the person behind the wheel. The crash occurred around midnight Wednesday on Interstate 75, north of Overpass Road. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the road ranger was helping troopers as they investigated a crash in the southbound lanes. They said the road ranger, a 38-year-old man from Tampa, was walking along the closed portions of the roadway, the center, and outside lanes, which were designated by traffi…
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Tow truck driver, mechanic struck by car while removing dump truck from highway ORLANDO, Fla. — A tow truck driver and a mechanic were seriously injured when they were both hit by a car on State Road 408 in Orlando Monday afternoon. Police responded to Westbound SR 408 at Rosalind Ave. just after noon for reports of a crash. Investigators say the tow truck driver and mechanic were on foot in the Rosalind Ave. exit lane working to remove a dump truck from the roadway. Despite emergency vehicles with lights activated blocking traffic, for unknown reasons, a red ’96 Buick Century trave…
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MECOSTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A first incident happened where a car ended up in the median, only harming the car. While an officer was assisting that crashed vehicle, another car crashed into the scene leaving a passenger dead, a Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office official says. At an unknown time, an official for the Sheriff’s Office says a car single crashed into the median on the road northbound on US-131, south of 8 Mile Road. The official says no one was injured in the first crash. Then just after 11:30 p.m. a tow truck was retrieving the first crashed vehicle from the median and a patrol car was on scene. The official says that is when a car …
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Tow Truck Driver struck by passing vehicle while attending to an accident A tow truck operator was struck by a passing vehicle on Friday evening around 7:15pm on Highway 28 near Range Road 482. Station 3 Glendon and Station 5 Bonnyville were on the scene, as they had responded to a three vehicle collision. A tow truck operator was attempting to hook up to a pickup truck when a passing pickup clipped the operator. The operator was transported to Bonnyville Health Centre via EMS. This incident highlights the importance of people being careful while passing active emergency,” states Regional Fire Chief Dan Heney. Motorists…
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SALINE COUNTY —A Wichita man was arrested after the wrecker he was in was found against a box truck in a Salina church parking lot. Just after 6 a.m. Wednesday, a Salina police officer noticed a a 2019 Freightliner wrecker owned by Kidd's Towing Service resting against a box truck in the parking lot of Trinity Lutheran Church at S. Ninth Street and W. Crawford Street, according to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester. The officer pulled into the parking lot to investigate and allegedly found the driver of the wrecker, Alberto Garcia, 25, of Wichita, passed out in the driver's seat. It appeared that the wrecker had been westbound, crossed S. Ninth S…
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Twin Cities landlord says he almost died after he was assaulted while attempting to get some stolen vehicles towed out of his parking lot. In a post on Nextdoor, Dale Howey of St. Paul says he was helping a tow truck driver remove two stolen vehicles from his lot in the area of 24th Street and Garfield Avenue in Minneapolis when three young men approached. According to a police report, the incident happened during the early morning hours of New Year’s Eve. Howey says he was “sucker punched” by two of the men and kicked repeatedly in the face until the tow truck driver stepped in. “The tow truck driver saved my lif…
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Woman hurt after hitting tow truck on I-70 in Callaway County Missouri State Highway Patrol A pickup truck driven by Helen L., Gabris, 57, of St. Peters, Missouri, crashed into the back of a tow truck on Sunday afternoon, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Crews took Gabris to a hospital with moderate injuries. CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was hurt on Sunday afternoon after she crashed into a tow truck parked on the shoulder of westbound Interstate 70. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a pickup truck driven by Helen L. Gabris, 57, of St. Peters, Missouri, crashed into the ba…
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