Archive for 2019

A towing company was involved in the rescue of a person pinned underneath a vehicle on Thursday, April 25, in Rusk County, Texas. A news report stated that the Crims Chapel Volunteer Fire Department responded to the call of a service truck that had fallen onto the person as a tire was being removed from…

One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash Thursday, April 25, near Pearl, Miss. A new report stated that a flatbed tow truck went off the Highway 49 flyover bridge while the other vehicle remained on the flyover. A person in the flatbed tow truck was killed. The condition of the driver of the second…

A tow truck operator in Baker County, Fla., is being credited for a “miracle” after rescuing an elderly woman stranded in her car that had plunged into a creek. According to a news report, operator Chris Miracle was responding to a call at approximately 2:15 a.m. when he saw flashing lights in thick brush and…

The Desoto County Mississippi Sheriff’s Department has identified the tow truck driver  killed on Tuesday, April 23, as Tommy R. McKee. According to news reports, McKee was loading a car onto his tow truck near the East Commerce Street exit of northbound I-55 when he was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by Devan…

  Each year, the Women of the Towing & Recovery Association of America awards college scholarships to TRAA members’ children and grandchildren to assist them in completing their higher education. Applications are open for the 2019 scholarships. DEADLINE is June 7. Apply: http://www.wtraa.org/scholarships/      

No surprise – Top speeds increase highway fatalities. “Over past 25 years over 36,000 lives could have been spared if states had not increased their maximum speed limits.” @NHTSAgov http://ow.ly/XbjD50rjRIF