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The Baltimore Fire Department posted this on there FB Page early this morning.
Notified at 11 pm Thursday evening, the Bellmore Fire Department responded to this collision between a large garbage hauler and a parked commercial tow truck on Sunrise Highway at St. Mark’s Avenue.
Luckily, no one was seriously injured.
Please be mindful of construction zones and be considerate of road crews: reduce your speed and drive carefully.
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AAA, Traffic Safety Partners Push for Public Education after Four Deaths at the Roadside in One Month
by AAA Mid-Atlantic August 2, 2021HAMILTON, NJ – As we head into August and what may be the busiest month in years on our nation’s roadways, AAA, first responders and traffic safety advocates are working together to raise awareness around a little known law intended to protect those responding to emergencies along the roadside. In the past month, there have been at least four deaths nationwide – two tow drivers including one who worked for AAA, a firefighter and a disabled motorist changing a flat – all working along the roadside when they were struck and killed by motorists.
“Even though there is a ‘Move Over’ law in all 50 states, very few people are aware of it, understand it or abide by it and the consequences have been tragic,” says Tracy Noble spokesperson for AAA Mid-Atlantic. “This is not just about avoiding a costly ticket. It’s about saving lives by changing behavior so drivers simply move over when anyone is either working or disabled on the side of the road.”
For this reason, AAA and its traffic safety partners will be aggressively increasing public education efforts through a variety of communication channels in the coming weeks and months.
“Move Over” laws exist in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Although they differ slightly, generally speaking, most state laws require drivers on any roadway of two lanes or more in one direction to slow down and move over a lane if possible whenever there is an emergency vehicle with flashing lights such as a police, fire, construction or tow vehicle, working along the roadside. It is intended to ensure that all motorists give emergency responders, tow drivers and those working along the roadside adequate room to safely do their jobs with decreased risk of injury or death.
“It is not unusual for there to be just a few feet – or less – between our tow drivers assisting a member on the roadside and vehicles flying by at high rates of speed,” Noble adds. “There is no reason they should have to risk their own lives to help others. Slowing down and moving over is not just the law. It’s the right thing to do.”
AAA and other traffic safety advocates have been instrumental in the passage of laws to better protect tow truck drivers, other first responders and everyone on our roadways. Sadly, many drivers still routinely ignore or don’t know about “Move Over” laws, failing to protect roadside workers by creating potentially deadly situations.
New Jersey’s Slow Down, Move Over Law
New Jersey’s Move Over Law requires all drivers approaching stationary emergency vehicles, service trucks and other highway safety vehicles displaying red, blue and/or amber flashing lights must move over one lane or, if not safe to move over, then slow down below the posted speed limit. In New Jersey, the original law took effect in 2009 but was strengthened in 2019, to stiffen penalties and assess two motor vehicle points for repeat offenders convicted of a violation three or more times in 12 months. Since its inception over 28,000 citations have been issued for violations of New Jersey’s Move Over Law.
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A tow truck enroute to assist with a single vehicle crash was involved in a fatal collision with a motorcycle in the town of Catskill
02 August 2021
NEW YORK STATE POLICEMajor Paul M. DeQuarto
Troop F Commander
PRESS RELEASE
State police from the Catskill barracks are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that occurred on August 1, 2021 at 9:05 p.m. on State Route 23A in the town of Catskill. Initial investigation revealed that a 2001 Harley Davidson Motorcycle being operated by Jason Andrews, age 36 from the town of Athens was involved in a collision with a 2008 Kenworth tow truck. The cause of the collison is under investigation. The operator of the motorcycle was pronounced deceased at the scene. The tow truck was enroute to assist with a single vehicle crash that occurred on State Route 9W in the town of Catskill.
This investigation remains ongoing, and updates will be provided when available.
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MOUNT PLEASANT — Town Council has initially approved plans to let towing companies charge $200, rather than the current $150, if police summon a tow truck to a wreck or a DUI arrest.
That would make the town-approved towing charge slightly higher than on the Charleston peninsula or Daniel Island, and more than double the price of a tow in Charleston’s West Ashley section.
Mount Pleasant doesn’t provide towing, but sets the rates charged by a rotating list of towing companies that police use for accidents.
“It’s an economic way for us to clear roads when there’s an accident or a DUI arrest,” Police Chief Mark Arnold said. “We don’t want the towing companies to charge crazy fees for towing citizens at our request.”
Mount Pleasant sets the rates by ordinance. Some towns and cities, including Charleston, competitively bid for towing services.
In Charleston, across the river from Mount Pleasant, the city has different towing rates in different areas. They range from $195 on the Charleston peninsula to $90 in West Ashley. In most remaining areas, the charge is $180.
When there’s a wreck, or if a vehicle needs to be towed for some other public safety reason, the police typically call a towing company and the vehicle owner gets the bill.
Mount Pleasant plans to increase the allowable towing charge because it hasn’t changed in at least a decade, Arnold said.
Currently, a tow costs $150, and storage costs $25 per day. That would rise to $200 for a tow and $35 per day for storage.
Charges for picking up a towed vehicle after hours, and hourly rates for extracting a vehicle that needs towing, would also increase.
Town Council unanimously approved the change in a first vote on July 13. The council is next scheduled to meet Aug. 10.
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PEABODY — Just as jury selection was about to get underway in Salem Superior Court Monday, lawyers for a towing company and the mother of a man who was decapitated when the car he was riding in crashed into the back of a poorly-marked flatbed truck, reached a settlement in the case.
The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
Daniel Walker was 31 years old and lived alone with his mother when he and longtime friend Michael Fowler went out for a night of darts and drinking back on May 23, 2013.
Over the course of the evening, which stretched into the early morning hours of May 24, 2013, the two men went to three different bars. As Fowler drove down Walnut Street in Peabody, he struck the flatbed Hino truck owned by Phil's Towing and Recovery.
Fowler, who later testified in a deposition that he'd consumed 27 drinks, pleaded guilty the following year and was sentenced to 2 1/2 to three years in state prison for manslaughter.
In 2015, lawyers Terry Kennedy and Scott Gediman filed suit against Fowler, as well as the towing company and the three bars — Courthouse Pub, the Swampscott VFW Post 1240 and the Salem Lodge 218 of the Loyal Order of Moose.
The suit alleged that Fowler had been grossly over-served alcohol at all three establishments in the hours before the crash — a "waterfall" of alcohol, Kennedy had called it. The suit also alleged that the tow truck, which was parked overnight on the street in violation of a city ordinance, had multiple safety defects including a lack of reflective markings on the rear of the bed.
By the time the trial was set to get underway this week, the three bars had reached settlements with Walker's mother, Diane.
Judge William Barrett questioned why the towing company hadn't reached a settlement. "I've seen this case before," Barrett told the attorneys, Jay Lynch and Ben Whitney.
Lynch told the judge that without knowing how much the other defendants in the case had offered as settlements, he did not want to negotiate.
Kennedy told the judge he did not want to name a figure and end up bidding against himself. He also criticized the insurer, Safety, accusing the firm of "not taking this case seriously," and offering "very tiny money."
"You two have been around the block 100 million times," Barrett told the lawyers, shortly before asking them to talk some more while court officers and a clerk collected and assembled juror questionnaires.
About an hour later the lawyers returned to the courtroom, where Kennedy disclosed that they were closer but not in agreement. The judge then sent the lawyers back out to a conference room. About 15 minutes later they were back to tell the judge they had reached a settlement.
Lynch, on behalf of the towing company, declined to comment, citing the confidentiality clause in the settlement,
"No amount of money can replace her son," Kennedy said outside court after speaking with Diane Walker. "Hopefully the amount of the settlements will send a message to establishments that they're going to be held responsible when a tragedy happens because someone was over-served, and a reminder for people who own commercial vehicles that are inherently dangerous that they have to be more conscious of the danger they present."
Less than a year before the Peabody crash, a Danvers man was killed while riding in a car driven by a Salem woman on Boston Street in Salem, when she collided with the rear of a flatbed tow truck. The two crashes were just a few short blocks apart.
However, lawyers for All-Star Towing were able to convince a Salem Superior Court judge to dismiss a civil lawsuit that was based on a claim that the tow company was negligent because the truck was parked in violation of a city ordinance. The Appeals Court upheld that dismissal, agreeing that the rationale behind the ordinance was more about aesthetics than public safety.
During Monday's proceedings in the Phil's Towing case, the judge alluded to that case and, prior to the settlement being reached, asked for more information.
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'Cutting off cars': Four tow truck drivers charged with street racing on Hwy. 401 in Milton
It was a race with no winner.
The Ontario Provincial Police’s highway enforcement team laid charges of street racing against the drivers of four tow trucks Saturday evening in Milton.
Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said the four tow trucks were observed in the westbound lanes of the Hwy. 401 around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, driving on the shoulder and making unsafe lane changes. The OPP pulled over the trucks near Hwy. 25 in Milton.
“I have seen tow trucks charged before, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen four racing each other,” said OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt.
“They were moving faster than traffic and cutting off cars,” Schmidt said.
Ontario instituted harsher penalties for street racing last month with driver licence suspensions increasing from seven days to 30 and vehicle impoundment doubling from seven to 14 days. The threshold for laying street charges of 50 km/h or more over the posted limit was lowered to 40 km/h or more where the speed limit is less than 80 km/h. Upon conviction, fines can range from $200 to $10,000.
Though the tow trucks did not exceed the thresholds, Schmidt said speed is not the only factor in laying street racing charges.
“There are all sorts of things that constitute street racing,” he said.
Schmidt said the trucks of three different companies were involved.
Schmidt said it wasn’t known if they were headed to the scene of an accident, but added that tow trucks are still required to follow the rules of the road.
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No one was injured after shots were fired overnight at a southwest Oklahoma City apartment complex, police said.
The incident happened about 3 a.m. at the Rosemont Apartments near S Country Club Drive and Interstate 240.
A man's vehicle was being towed when the man tried to ram his vehicle into the tow truck driver, police said.
The security guard at the apartment complex tried to diffuse the situation and reportedly Tasered and pepper sprayed the man.
The man continued to act aggressively and the security guard said he fired shots at the man.
Police said the man tried to drive away from police when officers arrived.
During a short chase, the man's vehicle hit several cars in the parking lot at the apartment complex.
The chase suspect drove toward downtown and crashed his vehicle. While the man was being taken into custody, his vehicle caught on fire.
The suspect, who has not been identified, was arrested on a complaint of assault with a deadly weapon.
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Southern Indiana man killed in crash on Highway 150 in Floyd County
FLOYDS KNOBS, Ind. (WDRB) -- A Greenville, Indiana, died in a crash Friday in Floyd County.
The crash happened around 12:30 p.m. on Highway 150 approaching Galena, near Galena Lamb Park.
Floyd County Sheriff Frank Loop said Rojero Maderez, 53, of Greenville, went left of center and hit a wrecker truck head-on and was killed. The driver of the wrecker truck, a man from Louisville, was taken to the hospital, but his injuries were not disclosed.
Loop said the wrecker had dashcam video, which is helping with their investigation.
The sheriff's office is still trying to figure out why Maderez crossed over the yellow line. Toxicology results are pending.
As Highway 150 in the county sees an increase in traffic, Loop is reminding drivers to follow the speed limit and no passing zone areas.
Note: the terminology of wrecker truck is not real accurate as many tow truck operators will notice.
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Tow Truck Driver Hit, Killed On I-25 SB Near Castle Pines Pkwy
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4) – A tow truck worker was hit and killed by a driver on Thursday night along Interstate 25 in Castle Rock. Colorado State Patrol responded to the crash around 9:12 p.m. in the southbound lanes just before the Castle Pines Parkway exit.
Troopers say the tow truck driver was hit on the side of the road, possibly while assisting or towing a vehicle.
The driver who hit the man stayed at the scene, according to CSP.
Three lanes of southbound traffic are closed while CSP investigates the crash. Investigators have not said if the driver will face charges.
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CASTLE PINES, Colo. (KRDO) -- A tow truck driver from Colorado Springs died after being hit by a car Thursday.
Colorado State Patrol says 30-year-old David Meyer was recovering a vehicle on the left-hand shoulder in the southbound lanes of I-25 near Castle Pines at 9:08 p.m. That's when a 2019 Dodge Ram, driven by a 30-year-old woman from Pueblo, hit Meyer.
CSP confirmed Meyer died after being hit. The driver wasn't injured and stayed at the scene.
Meyer worked for Bears Towing. Friday, Bears Towing is holding a small get-together to remember Meyer at 7:30 p.m. at 7470 Southmoor Drive in Fountain.
Bears Towing said there will be a procession for Meyer Saturday.
According to CSP, speed, alcohol, or drugs are not considered factors in the crash, but the investigation is ongoing.
Tow truck driver remembered in Fountain after being hit by a car on I-25
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BREAKING NEWS:
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Police are looking for a man who robbed a tow truck driver at gunpoint in Dayton.
The robbery took place on July 23 around 12:50 a.m.
Video footage provided by the Dayton Police Department shows the suspect robbing the tow truck driver on Hoover Avenue near Miller Avenue. Though the footage is dark, the suspect can be seen approaching the driver off camera.
After the robbery, the suspect ran toward Miller Avenue.
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SURF CITY, NC (WWAY) — A Hampstead man has been charged after allegedly illegally operating as a tow truck driver.
According to the Surf City Police Department, a suspicious encounter with a tow truck driver was reported on Saturday in Surf City.
Police say Charles Dowd was allegedly unlawfully hooking up to parked vehicles and demanding a $200 drop fee to release the vehicles. At the time, police say he was using an app to collect payments and listed his company as JAM Services.
Dowd has been charged with obtaining property by false pretenses, extortion, and embezzlement stemming from the incident.
Surf City Police encourages anyone who may have had similar experiences with Dowd to contact the mat (910) 328-7711.
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Crash involving tow truck under investigation in Salisbury
SALISBURY, Md. – A pretty scary crash left one road closed earlier today in Salisbury while police conducted an investigation.
Details are what led to the crash are limited at this time, but we do know that it involved a tow truck that was towing a car and a pickup truck, and the tow tuck overturned. Because of the crash, all southbound lanes were closed and detoured on Route 50 east.
We’re told one person was taken to the hospital for treatment of their injuries, while another person refused medical attention.
We will update this article with the latest information as it becomes available.
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Dion Bracco of Gilroy-based Bracco’s Towing and Transport will be recognized during the California Tow Truck Association’s Industry Leaders and Awards Night on Sept. 17.
The ceremony will take place during the American Towman ShowPlace in Las Vegas.
Bracco and Steve Sgarlato of Campbell-based Dick’s Automotive Transport will be inducted into the Rich Chappel Industry Leaders Hall, based on their “positive influence on the towing industry, without thought of recognition,” according to a press release from the CTTA.
“These towing professionals have spent their lives making significant contributions to the industry with unblemished and outstanding character,” the CTTA stated.
Bracco founded Bracco’s Towing and Transport Inc. in 1992. Named the 2021 Small Business of the Year by the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce, Bracco’s Towing has the equipment to transport passenger cars to large commercial vehicles.
The CTTA represents nearly 600 towing companies within California.
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A Texas man was being held Wednesday in the Pittsburg County Jail after he led law enforcement on a high-speed chase through parts of Pittsburg County and striking three patrol units during the pursuit.
Nathan V. York, 36, of Fort Worth, Texas, was charged Wednesday with endangering others while eluding a police officer, three counts of assault and battery on a police officer with a dangerous weapon, along with misdemeanor counts of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, resisting an officer, petit larceny, assault and battery, and transporting an open container of alcoholic beverage, according to documents filed in Pittsburg County District Court.
Jail records also indicate York was being held for Parker County, Texas, where court records show a warrant was issued after a motion to revoke was issued for felony continuous violence against the family.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed in the case, a deputy with the Pittsburg County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to take a report from a tow truck driver.
The deputy wrote in his report that the tow truck driver told him he was dispatched to a call for vehicle out of gas on U.S. Highway 69 near Canadian.
According to the tow truck driver, he told the driver of the vehicle, identified as York, that the vehicle had to be towed to the nearest gas station. After the vehicle was loaded onto the wrecker, York tried to bring an open beer into the cab of the wrecker and York became argumentative and struck the tow truck driver in the face, the affidavit alleges.
The tow truck driver said he got up off the ground and still offered York a ride to the gas station, the report states.
According to the report, after the tow truck arrived at the gas station, the tow truck driver asked York how much he had to drink and that it was unsafe to drink and drive before calling the sheriff’s department and that is when York “unhooked the car from the wrecker” and took off at a high rate of speed south on U.S. Highway 69.
Krebs police officer Jordan James wrote in his report he was dispatched to be on the lookout for a grey Dodge Charger with a Texas license plate driving reckless on U.S. 69 from Canadian.
James wrote in his report he was getting food when the call came in and as he was heading back into Krebs he saw the vehicle driving south on the highway at speeds between 60 to 80 mph.
The officer wrote he caught up to York in front of the Social Security Office and York did briefly stop before driving off as the officer was exiting his vehicle, the affidavit states.
York led James and other law enforcement units on a pursuit through Savanna and just outside Kiowa at speeds of 130 mph before turning around and continuing northbound on U.S. 69 while driving recklessly through a construction zone and running vehicles off the highway, the affidavit states.
The report states officers with the McAlester Police Department successfully deployed spike strips on York’s vehicle and the pursuit continued on with York striking James’ patrol unit along with units driven by McAlester police officers Kevin Bishop and Trey Roberts.
The pursuit ended after Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Garrett Grey performed a tactical vehicle intervention on York before pinning the vehicle near the Choctaw Nation Casino south of McAlester.
James wrote in his report he noticed “something shiny” near York’s hand while York was resisting arrest with James writing he had to strike York two times before York let go of the vehicle and was taken into custody.
An open knife was found in the floorboard of the vehicle, the affidavit states.
According to the affidavit, a woman who was on the phone with York during the pursuit told officers that York said he “wanted suicide by police.”
York was taken to the McAlester Regional Health Center to be checked out before being booked into the Pittsburg County Jail, the report states.
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MAPLETON — Maine State Police are looking for information about a crash in Mapleton Tuesday morning.
According to a press release, state police received a call for the crash on Route 163 at about 1 a.m.
Police said a tow truck was hauling a GMC pick-up when the wrecker left the road, hitting an embankment and stopping in a ditch.
The cab and engine compartment were destroyed, according to the release.
The GMC pickup flew off the flatbed, rolling over in the road blocking both lanes of traffic.
Neither of the vehicles had registration plates.
Police said the driver fled the scene but is likely uninjured.
If you have any information, you’re asked to call the Maine State Police.
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Police: Mifflinburg man broke into 2 tow businesses, stole police evidence, vehicle keys
State and local police accuse a Mifflinburg man of breaking into two different towing businesses, stealing a computer and other items from one and smashing out the windows of his own impounded vehicle at the other and taking potential criminal evidence from inside.
Patrolman Gary Heckman of the Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department arrested Ryan J. Darrup, 20, on July 16. He’s been held in Union County Prison since then on $50,000 bail. Trooper Colton Killion, state police at Milton, filed a separate criminal case Thursday against Darrup who awaits arraignment on the newest charges.
According to Heckman’s criminal complaint, Darrup kicked out a glass door window to a secured garage at Freedom Towing, Route 15, East Buffalo Township, where his 2012 Ford Fusion was impounded the day prior by Patrolman Dan Baumwoll.
The break-in occurred at 6:24 a.m. and was recorded by surveillance cameras, police said.
Heckman said Darrup was armed with what appeared to be a knife when he entered the garage. Darrup used metal tools to smash both the front and rear windshields after ripping away evidence tape stuck to the vehicle’s locked doors, arrest papers state.
The complaint states that Darrup wiped away broken glass from the trunk with a fire suit before climbing through the rear windshield and removing two backpacks and a large Ziplock bag with unknown contents.
After reaching through the broken front windshield and unlocking the driver-side door, Heckman said Darrup opened the door and retrieved an unknown object that he slid into his pocket before exiting the garage.
Baumwoll impounded the vehicle, according to Heckman’s complaint, after Darrup was discovered unresponsive inside and taken to Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg. According to the complaint, Baumwoll observed potential drug paraphernalia inside the vehicle, said it smelled strongly of marijuana and that what appeared to be a handgun was observed inside one of the partially opened backpacks. Also, there was a small lockbox or safe on the rear passenger seat, arrest papers state, though that’s not referenced with respect to the break-in.
Earlier July 16 at 3:53 a.m., surveillance cameras at Aurand’s Towing, 1015 Buffalo Road, Buffalo Township, captured footage of a male who police identified as Darrup having pried open a fence, entering a garage and walking to the back where he was able to turn off the camera system, Killion’s own complaint states.
The business owner reported $1,820 in items were stolen including a Mac computer, accessories and two propane torches. Also stolen were the keys to all of Aurand’s tow trucks as were the keys to all of the impounded vehicles at the business, police said.
According to arrest papers, the suspect in both incidents was wearing matching clothing. A latent fingerprint was taken from a tow truck door and a shoe imprint lifted from a chair, the latter of which was found to have matched what Darrup was wearing when he was taken into custody about 7 p.m. July 16, arrest papers state.
For the Freedom Towing break-in, Heckman charged Darrup with burglary and criminal trespass, both felonies, plus tampering with evidence, criminal mischief, which are each a misdemeanor charge. A preliminary hearing is set for Aug. 26 before Magisterial District Judge Jeffrey Rowe, Lewisburg.
Killion filed the following charges against Darrup with respect to the break-in at Aurand’s Towing: burglary and criminal trespass, both felonies, misdemeanor counts of theft and receiving stolen property and a summary count of criminal mischief. An arraignment before Magisterial District Judge Jeffrey Mensch is scheduled for Monday.
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19-year-old Troy man who shot at tow truck driver in road rage incident on I-696 arrested
OAK PARK, Mich. – A driver angry about a tow truck being in his way on I-696 pulled out a gun and shot at it, officials said.
Authorities say the incident happened around 2:35 p.m. Friday on westbound I-696 near Coolidge Highway.
The tow truck driver told authorities that the driver of a Chevrolet Sedan was unhappy about his vehicle being in the way. He was in the center right lane and the Chevrolet Sedan was in the center left lane at the time of the incident.
The driver of the Chevrolet Sedan pulled out a gun and fired it before fleeing the scene, according to officials. The shot went through the back window of the tow truck, authorities said.
Only one shot was fired and nobody was injured, police said.
UPDATE
On Saturday, police released more details about the ongoing investigation.
The suspect is a 19-year-old man from Troy. Both the suspect and his 16-year-old girlfriend from Sterling Heights were interviewed by authorities.
Police say more information revealed that the suspect cut off the tow truck and that is when the road rage incident started.
Because of the slow traffic the tow truck driver got out of his vehicle and started screaming at the suspect.
Police added that the backseat passenger of the Chevrolet Sedan handed the suspect a black and silver BB gun and told him to fire at the tow truck. All the passengers in the suspect’s car provided similar statements, according to police.
The suspect told police the gun used in the incident would be at his friend’s house in Sterling Heights. After police contacted the parents of that household the gun was found.
As of Saturday the suspect was being held in the Oakland County Jail.
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Jul. 22—A man accused of using a company tow truck to rob a Brownsville home has been arrested.
Cameron County Sheriff Eric Garza posted on Twitter that investigators arrested Natividad Ledezma Barrios and charged him with aggravated robbery.
Garza says the suspect, who is a driver for a local wrecker service, was on the job on Tuesday, July 20, when he drove a Dodge Ram tow truck to the home and robbed the place with two other men. They are also accused of discharging a weapon.
Ledezma Barrios is being held behind bars. The two other suspects are still on the loose.
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Buras man killed in Monday night collision with tow truck
PLAQUEMINES PARISH - Louisiana State Police report that a 55-year-old man from Buras was killed in a Port Sulphur crash Monday night.
According to state police, Antoinio Aguilar lost his life when his vehicle collided with a Kenworth tow truck on LA 23 near US 11 around 7 p.m., Monday.
Authorities say Aguilar, not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the incident, suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
The driver of the tow truck suffered minor vehicles.
According to police, Aguilar may have been impaired at the time of the crash and authorities say "routine toxicology samples were taken and will be submitted for analysis."
The tragic crash remains under investigation.
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Tow truck procession honors driver murdered on the job
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I-35 crash results in fatality
Williams woman pronounced dead at the scene
WEBSTER CITY — A Williams woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident on Interstate 35 near the 141 mile marker Wednesday night.
Joanna Rizzo, 51, Williams, sustained fatal injuries in the accident, according to the Iowa State Patrol. She was a passenger in a 2000 Suzuki Grand Vitara driven by James Bergert, 58, also of Williams. She was not wearing a seat belt, according to crash reports.
Bergert reportedly sustained minor injuries in the accident.
A 2007 International tow truck driven by Anthony Nessa, 61, of Webster City, was traveling northbound on the interstate and while accelerating his truck, he was hit from behind by the Bergert vehicle.
The accident remains under investigation at this time. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department and the Williams EMS assisted at the scene.
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