Sad News From Australia
by trfootnotes9
on 02/17/2012 - 07:23 am
Tag: Towing News
Our condolences to the family and acquaintances of Australian tow truck company owner Geoff Clark and 23-year-old Sarah Frazer. Clark was trying to tow Frazer's car from the side of the highway when they were hit and killed by a passing truck on Feb. 15. Here's the story from The Sydney Morning Herald:
SARAH FRAZER was finally about to fulfil her dream, which was to study in pursuit of her great passion - photography.''My car is pretty much all packed up except for my bedlinen and a few loose ends,'' the 23-year-old wrote to her aunt on a Facebook page.But less than 24 hours later, not long after she started out on her ''newest adventure'', she was killed on her way to university in Wagg ...
Icy, Watery Recoveries In MN
by trfootnotes9
on 02/17/2012 - 07:47 am
Tag: Towing News
How, uh, "cool"! Here's the story from The Brainerd Dispatch:
By Jennifer Stockinger Staff WriterEAST GULL LAKE — It takes a lot of work and skills to recover a motor vehicle or a fish house after they’ve broken through the ice and have sunk to the bottom of a lake.Not too many towing companies in the Brainerd lakes area will take on the daunting task of recovering vehicles or fish houses from the lake. West Brainerd Amoco said they don’t do any recoveries from lakes. Kelly Kohl of Kelly and Sons Towing haven’t done any this winter and have pulled out four vehicles from lakes in the past 10 years. Peterson Towing said they do recoveries fro ...
New Association For Motor Club Towing...
by trfootnotes9
on 02/10/2012 - 07:51 am
Tag: Towing News
Here's the press release:
‘UNITED COALITION FOR MOTOR CLUB SAFETY’ HOLDS HISTORIC MEETING
New association formed to fix the problems of motor club towing companies
SACRAMENTO, CA, February 2012 – On January 20th, 2012 a crowd of professional, dedicated motor club towers battled bad weather and overcame geographic differences in order to band together join a new association, the United Coalition for Motor Club Safety (UCMCS). Nearly 75 individual towing companies attended the meeting in order to express their frustration with the motor clubs that they contract with. The new association will focus on addressing common concerns of motor club contra ...
Sad News From VA
by trfootnotes9
on 02/03/2012 - 09:59 am
Tag: Towing News
Our condolences to the family and acquaintances of VA tow truck driver William Roto, 45, who died in a crash on Jan. 25. Here's the story from the Chesterfield Observer:
A multiple-vehicle crash on Robious Road last week claimed the life of a Louisa County man. The Chesterfield County Police Department said William V. Roto, 45, was traveling west on Robious Road near Robindale Road around 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 25 when his tow truck drifted to the left, crossed the concrete median and struck three vehicles waiting to turn left onto Robindale. Roto’s truck then swerved back to the right, ran off the road and hit a tree near Knollwood Drive.Roto, of the 1800 block of Kents Mill Roa ...
