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Texas Tow Operator Dies in Traffic Collision
A Texas tow operator died Tuesday, September 3 from injuries received in a two-vehicle collision in Lubbock. According to news reports, Patric Barrio, 26, was driving a flatbed car carrier loaded with a vehicle on the deck and wheel-lift when it collided with an SUV at the intersection of Interstate 27 and 19th Street. Barrio reportedly…
Read MoreTow Operator Carjacked at Gunpoint in Detroit
A tow operator in Detroit, Mich., was carjacked Friday, August 23, after he was called to a location by an individual requesting a tow. The 43-year-old operator responded to the 17200 block of Freeland Street at approximately 2:15 a.m. where two suspects carjacked him at gunpoint and fled in the tow truck. The suspects them…
Read MoreAlabama Tow Operator Dies from Injuries Received in July 29 Roadside Crash
Montgomery, Ala., police have confirmed that tow operator Richard Wilson, 53, has died from injuries he received when he was struck on I-85 near Forest Avenue on July 29. Wilson, of Millbrook, Ala., was attempting to load a vehicle onto his tow truck when he was hit by a BMW at approximately 6:45 p.m. The…
Read MoreCanada Tow Operator Injured on Roadside Asks Motorist to Use Caution
Fort Saskatchewan, Canada, tow operator Calvin Finnegan’s story of how he was struck on Highway 2 on December 2, 2018 appears on Fortsaskonline. The operator was winching a vehicle stuck in the median when a semi-truck struck his tow truck and a second semi went into the median and hit Finnegan, who suffered fractured shoulder blades,…
Read MoreWTRAA Scholarship Committee Announces 2019 WTRAA Scholarship Recipients
The Women of the Towing & Recovery Association of America (WTRAA) is an auxiliary organization for the Towing & Recovery Association of American (TRAA). Since 1990, under the TRAA Education Foundation, the WTRAA Scholarship Fund Committee has awarded scholarships to students affiliated with the towing and recovery industry. The WTRAA Scholarship Committee has announced and…
Read MoreDaimler Trucks North America Announces New Customer Experience Organization, Appoints Chief Officer
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) has created a new Customer Experience (CX) organization and named Paul Romanaggi as Chief CX Officer. DTNA launched its CX transformation in 2017 with the creation of a Customer Experience Day. During the now-annual event, employees and customers from across North America are brought together to brainstorm solutions to…
Read MoreFlorida Roadside Assistance Ranger Injured in Roadside Crash
The driver of a Florida State Farm roadside assistance tow truck and a stranded motorist were involved in a crash on the Howard Franklin Bridge that joins St. Petersburg to Tampa. Adam Lopez, 29, of Tampa had pulled over to assist a motorist with a disabled vehicle when the approaching driver of a tractor-trailer swerved…
Read MoreNew Jersey Tow Operator Credited with Saving Life of Injured Motorist
Quick thinking and first aid training enabled a New Jersey tow operator to save the life of a motorist severely injured in an accident on the New Jersey Turnpike. A full account of how operator Alex Petruccio took action to stabilize a man whose leg was severed in the July 30 crash appears on New…
Read MoreTow Operator Killed by Vehicle on I-20 in Louisiana
A tow operator was killed on Friday, August 2, after being stuck by a vehicle on the shoulder of I-20 near the Ouachita/Richland Parish line in Louisiana. Operator Lloyd Moore Jr., 65, of Tallulah, La., was hit by an “unknown” vehicle as he was loading a disabled vehicle, Louisiana State Police say. Police are investigating…
Read MoreGeorgia Tow Operator in Critical Condition after Hit-and-Run
A news report in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution states that tow operator Darrell Simpson, 26, of Marietta, Ga., is in critical condition after being struck by a hit-and-run driver at approximately 2 a.m. on I-285 in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Simpson had stopped to assist the driver of a Mercedes-Benz SUV that had crashed into a…
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