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WESTMORELAND — A utility pole was damaged on Valley View Road when some low hanging wires were hit by a passing vehicle Thursday afternoon, according to law enforcement officials. Sheriff’s deputies said Christopher Peck was driving a tow truck pulling a trailer loaded with an excavator on Valley View Road at about 2 p.m. when the truck and excavator hit the low hanging wires. Deputies said Peck was able to get out of the vehicle without injury. The road was closed temporarily to repair the utility pole and wires, authorities said. RESOURCE LINK
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I'm interested in pricing a new Chevy 4x4 wrecker with a v24 bed and am wondering if anyone had any input on dealers to deal with in the north east?
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OK, I just had to share this for those that don't follow One Bite Pizza Reviews. Dave Portnoy like the guy or not, he is an American and stepped up to raise funds for small business, primarily restaurants that have been hit hard during the pandemic. I hope everyone reading this has been patronizing these local restaurants, even doing carry out. I know we have been preparing far more meals at home. However, we make an effort to order from our favorite locally owned places. We didn't want to see them close up, so far most are surviving. For how much longer, another shut down to likely shut them down. Making the leases alone for many have been hard, some are lucky to have be…
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I know we do, I just want to see how many and what it will take to get the message board link back on the ESTRA website. I don't even know when the association website was rebuilt. The link was there previously as that is how and association has a link by the state forum. Thanks
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When there’s a fire in New York City, 911 dispatch sends a team of firefighters. And when there’s a car crash, responders call for a tow truck and an ambulance. When when there’s a 911 call about an unstable individual posing harm to themselves or to others, New York City sends its law enforcement. But that might not be the case for much longer. In a statement made by the mayor’s office on Tuesday Morning, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a pilot program that would send counseling professionals to respond to 911-calls that are associated with mental health emergencies—instead of police officers. Per the current design of the pilo…
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New Course: Level 2/3: Fundamentals, Buffalo, NY, October 17-18 - Classroom and hands-on learning focuses on light duty towing and recovery, with some medium and heavy duty techniques. Prevent property damage claims, learn the Cruse Loop for winching, and earn customer confidence. Even the most experienced operators talk about what they’ve learned. $495 & Receive a free Certification Exam!
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Bernard D. Rusiniak Sr., 88, founded auto service and towing business May 9, 1932 – Aug. 4, 2020 Bernard D. "Bernie" Rusiniak Sr., who founded an auto service and towing business, died Aug. 4 in his Cheektowaga home after a brief illness. He was 88. Born in Buffalo, he attended Depew High School. In 1949, at the age of 17, he borrowed money from his family to open a two-bay gas and service station on Union Road between Walden Avenue and William Street, across from the future Appletree Mall. When Mr. Rusiniak was drafted in 1950, his father left his job in the quarry at Buffalo Crushed Stone to keep the servi…
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Recent NY court considerations have gained momentum in some states that WILL impact law enforcement towing, your call volume and ultimately moneies generated from vehicle storage and lien sales. If you’ve seen a decline in towing by law enforcement, it's reported that the courts are putting a squash on police officers NOT being allowed to impound cars for drivers having warrants and suspended licenses citing public sentiment, inconvenience, loss of employments and affordability. “The time a police officer spends arresting and processing a suspended driver which includes the paperwork, waiting for a tow truck to take away the vehicle, and taking the driver to j…
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POUGHKEEPSIE – On Monday night the Common Council took the first step in overhauling the city’s towing ordinances. The section of the existing law governed the towing or booting of vehicles “improperly parked on private property” which refers to cars parked on private property without the consent of the property owner. There are exemptions that include a car that has been on private property for more than 24 hours, a vehicle on private property that blocks a driveway, a vehicle interfering with garbage or refuse collection, one that interferes with snow removal, or one that interferes with construction (provided a 24-hour notice was given). Under …
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A Tow Truck / Roll Back belonging to Griff's Auto Service out of Rochester, NY was struck by a Dump Truck on Thursday. The tow truck operator was injured in the accident. "SEE UPDATE BELOW" Deputies investigating crash between tow truck and dump truck in Chili CHILI, N.Y. (WHEC) — Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a crash involving a tow truck and a dump truck. It happened on I-490, just east of the Paul Road overpass for the exit that leads to the Town of Chili. Deputies say it appears the tow truck was loading a broken down vehicle onto its flatbed portion of the tow truck then roll…
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Portland towing company asks GPS apps to warn drivers of stopped emergency vehicles PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) - Speed’s Towing, a Portland towing company, is asking popular GPS apps to alert drivers of stopped emergency vehicles up ahead with a “Slow Down Move Over” warning. The hope is that drivers will then be more likely to actually do it. FOX 12 rode along with driver Lloyd Buckley on Thursday to see things first hand. He pulled to the shoulder of Interstate 84 with his lights flashing as if he were towing a car. It’s the law for cars to move over. “Nobody’s getting over, from semi-trucks to passenger cars, they’re all jus…
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BRESCIA "Sal" Salvatore R. Born : December 15, 1984. Entered into rest : December 29, 2016 32 years old: Sal was out of his flatbed truck on I-95, tending to a disabled minivan, when he was hit by another car at 6:53 a.m. The driver who struck him left the scene. The owner of the minivan stated he was attempting to get into the passenger side door of the tow truck, which was locked, at the time of the impact. He heard the collision, went around the truck and saw Sal lying in the road. A passer-by also stopped immediately to try to assist. Trooper John Finaro said Sal was alive but had sustained "very serious injuries" when he was transported to the ho…
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NYPD tow drivers held a tearful memorial service Wednesday for one of their colleagues who died behind the wheel of his truck in Brooklyn earlier this week. Anthony Edgehill, 61, a long-time driver for the NYPD Traffic Division, died Monday afternoon while driving his NYPD tow truck southbound on Flatbush Avenue and Avenue R in Marine Park during a snow squall. Officials say Edgehill, who apparently suffered a heart attack, was able to slow down his truck and steer it against a small tree before he lost consciousness. On Dec. 4, about 30 tow trucks arrived in a line at the scene where Edgehill had been found Monday night. A union member said a pray…
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NYPD tow truck driver dies after suffering medical episode, hitting tree in Brooklyn MARINE, PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Police say an on-duty NYPD tow truck driver died after suffering a medical episode Monday evening in Brooklyn. The incident happened at about 5:50 p.m. in Marine Park. The 61-year-old victim was driving a tow truck along Flatbush Avenue and Avenue R when he lost control and struck a tree, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The investigation is ongoing. The driver's identity has not yet been released. RESOURCE LINK with video
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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Accused drunk driver nearly hits tow truck driver, flips in the air LANCASTER, N.Y. (WKBW) — It started as a routine towing job for Michael Haefner early Monday morning. He was helping a stranded motorist on I-90 as part of a routine towing job for his job with Rusiniak's. As he was securing the car to the bed of the truck, he noticed a driver moving into his lane. Quickly thinking, Haefner jumped out of the way, right before the driver of the vehicle hit the bed of his tow truck and flipped in the air, crashing in the middle of the thruway…
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State lawmakers consider Parking Protection Act ALBANY — State lawmakers are considering legislation to restrict ambiguous rules and costly towing fees at private parking lots. The proposal is to impose new sign requirements at private lots to ensure people understand where and when parking is allowed and how much it will cost. It also would regulate the practices of towing companies, including limiting how much they can charge and when vehicles can be towed or immobilized. "Across New York state we're seeing private parking lot operators using predatory practices to force unassuming drivers to pay fees that are unfair," said Assemblyman…
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CNY man rescues drivers from flooding in his underwear, loses job A Central New York man says he lost his job after rescuing drivers stranded by flooding this weekend. According to radio station Big Frog 104, Michael Venettozzi is a tow truck driver who was sent by AAA to the Riverside Center in North Utica on Saturday when torrential storms flooded the roads and parking lots. He pulled three drivers out of the flood waters, but needed to strip to his underwear to do it. “When I arrived it looked like a raging river on the north side of the BJ’s parking lot,” Venettozzi told the Utica radio station. “I had to be almost completely submerged on my…
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Teenage cyclist fatally struck by tow truck on Staten Island street; 58-year-old biker killed hours later in Greenpoint NEW YORK — Two cyclists – including a teen – were fatally struck by vehicles in the city on Tuesday, bringing the number of bikers killed by vehicles on New York streets this year to 17. Alex Cordero, 17, was on his bike near Castleton Avenue and Clove Road when a tow truck collided with him just after noon, police said. Cordero suffered severe trauma and died at the hospital. The 38-year-old driver stayed at the scene of the Staten Island crash. Several hours later, a 58-year-old man was fatally struck by …
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A bicyclist was left clinging to life Tuesday after colliding with a tow truck in Staten Island, officials said. The 17-year-old bicyclist and the L&S Towing truck crashed into each other on Castleton Ave. and Clove Road in Port Richmond about 12:30 p.m., witnesses told police. The cyclist was launched through the air by the impact. The teen was rushed to Richmond University Medical Center in critical condition. The tow truck driver remained at the scene. No arrests or summonses were immediately filed. “T…
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City audit finds 20 Queens towing companies engaged in widespread fraud, licenses may be revoked. Tow truck operations are taking New Yorkers for a ride, according to the city Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. The watchdog agency is currently in the process of notifying 20 tow truck company licensees in Queens that they are among 130 operations citywide that are suspected of widespread fraud in the industry. None of the companies have been identified publicly by the department. An in-depth investigation suggests that a quarter of all licensees in the five boroughs may have engaged in wides…
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Bodies of woman, 3 children found in rental car in apparent murder-suicide in Syracuse A woman and three children were found dead inside a rental car in Syracuse on Sunday afternoon. The Syracuse Police Department is investigating the incident as a possible murder-suicide. A tow truck driver sent to retrieve the overdue rental car found all four people in the car unresponsive and called 911 at 1:47 p.m., Syracuse Police Sgt. Matthew Malinowski said in a news release. The car was parked in a driveway in the 100 block Berwyn Avenue, which is tucked away near Interstate 81 and about a mile south of Syracuse University's Carrier Dome. Syracuse police re…
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We would like to Thank ESTRA and Everyone that stopped by our Booth at the Lake George, NY Tow Show. www.Baremotion.com Video montage of Photos & Video Clips from the 2019 ESTRA New York Tow Show in Lake George. Pictures/Video by Baremotion
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CHEMUNG COUNTY, N.Y (WENY) – A local tow truck driver seemed to be at the right place at the right time Wednesday morning. Jasmine Cundiff and her mom were on I-86 making their way to the dentist when Jasmine began to choke on her subway sandwich in the passenger seat. “I thought it was me just choking on air but it was food, said Cundiff. It was really really scary.” After crossing her hands around her neck to let her mom know she was choking, the 21-year-old began to loose color in her appearance. “I looked over and saw her changing colors. All that we…
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A tow truck operator was struck Monday morning in Westmoreland by a pickup truck whose driver did not stop, said Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol’s office. Thomas Oberster, 32, of Waterville, had just completed a service call for Midland Collision in the 6400 block of West South Road around 10:45 a.m. when he was struck by the truck, which left the area without stopping, deputies said. Oberster was treated for minor injuries at the scene by EMTs from COCVAC Ambulance and then transported to the St. Elizabeth Campus of the Mohawk Valley Health System for further evaluation. Deputies are looking for the other vehicle, a black, 2007-201…
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Tommy Masch is seen in this video making a donation to two Veterans who were awarded vehicles from a local dealership at Christmas Time. Thank you Tommy and Momma's Towing in Wappingers Falls, New York
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