With all the press and bad statistics about roadside work, their are beacons of light. Yes, there is actually some positive news. This page is a tow service being used to keep people off the road BEFORE they have had to much to drink. It makes perfect sense..why not tow the car before its wrecked and before anyone gets hurt.
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Pickup hits parked tow truck on U.S. 1
Staff Report
The Daytona Beach News-Journal
PORT ORANGE -- A pickup driving north on Ridgewood Avenue this morning slammed into a parked tow truck and also hit two other cars, fire officials said. Port Orange Fire-Rescue responded to the 10 a.m. crash near Farmbrook Road. The tow truck was parked along Ridgewood Avenue northbound in front of Universal Towing, said Tonya Saylor, fire department spokeswoman. The pickup driver hit the tow truck then careened into two other cars traveling in the same direction, officials said.The pickup, whose driver was not identified, was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach in stable condition. The drivers of the other two cars, who did not have any passengers with them, refused transport to the hospital.
PORT ORANGE -- A pickup driving north on Ridgewood Avenue this morning slammed into a parked tow truck and also hit two other cars, fire officials said. Port Orange Fire-Rescue responded to the 10 a.m. crash near Farmbrook Road. The tow truck was parked along Ridgewood Avenue northbound in front of Universal Towing, said Tonya Saylor, fire department spokeswoman. The pickup driver hit the tow truck then careened into two other cars traveling in the same direction, officials said.The pickup, whose driver was not identified, was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach in stable condition. The drivers of the other two cars, who did not have any passengers with them, refused transport to the hospital.
Difficult from the front line...
Fatal Crash Shakes Fellow Tow Truck Driver
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The staff at Quality Towing can't get Monday morning's fatal crash at the Interstate 40/U.S. 311 interchange out of their heads.
One of Quality Towing's drivers, Christian Rufus, was about to pull a car and truck out of the mud on the side of the ramp when a truck lost control and slid into Rufus and two others. One man died at the scene, and emergency workers took Rufus and another man to area hospitals.
"Worse wreck I've ever been on. I've been towing seven years. It was pretty bad," said Chris Grubbs, a fellow tow truck driver who rushed to the scene when he heard about the accident.
"He is my best friend, more than a co-worker. We grew up together. We went to high school together," he said. "I was shook up at first. I didn't know the situation, but I am glad he is alright and sorry for the other folks that lost."
Grubbs said Rufus is now resting at home.tower, towing, tow men, tow truck, wreck, wrecker
I had another accident call an hour later. That other scene flashed in my head and probably will from now on," he said.
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Perils of prom season making headlines again
From The Washington Post
By John Kelly
By John Kelly
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Ours can't be the only area household where a brief Associated Press story was torn from Monday's paper and left at a teenager's place at the dining room table. The headline: "Post-prom crash kills King George teen." It's prom season, which means it's prom-crash season, which means it's agonized-parents season. It also means that smashed cars are sprouting in front of high schools, grim tableaux to illustrate that speed kills, that alcohol kills, that texting kills. David Morton's company has dropped shattered vehicles off at about 10 Montgomery County schools in the past few weeks. He runs a Rockville-based towing firm. "The mouths drop open, the eyes open wide," David said of the students' reactions when the cars are delivered. "You can tell it's making an impact on them." Though macabre rumors attach themselves to the cars, David said he doesn't use vehicles that people have actually been killed in -- injured, yes, but not killed. He doesn't want a family member to drive by and see it. The vehicles typically come from the police abandoned auto unit. David said he supports MADD programs and SADD programs and anything else that tries to keep teens safe behind the wheel. "We're the ones that always see the aftermath," he said of tow truck drivers. "We're the ones getting them off the trees, watching the bodies come out of the cars." In Montgomery, about a half-dozen companies are authorized to tow away the vehicular remains of fatal accidents. The police call on a rotation. Since the death cars are evidence, the tow truck drivers must be certified with one of several accrediting groups. David is the president of his company, with 20 trucks on the road, but he goes out on runs, too. "Adults don't bother me too bad," David said. "It's the kids that bother me the most. Some nights, I'll get back to the house and lay in bed. I just can't sleep, and I wonder: What could have stopped that from happening?" Don't drink. Don't speed. Wear seat belts. Go to the after-prom party. Teens: Do whatever you can not to be a story ripped from the paper, next year's cautionary tale.
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Tow truck driver dies after crashing into Chesapeake store
by Brandon Foster-Gray
Posted on April 13, 2010 at 9:28 PM
Updated Tuesday, Apr 13 at 10:15 PM
CHESAPEAKE-A tow truck driver who crashed into a pool and leisure supply store Tuesday evening has died.
The crash happened shortly after 7 p.m., at East Coast Leisure, located at 3269 Western Branch Boulevard. According to police spokesperson Dorienne Boykin, the driver, 48-year-old Durward Whitehead, Sr. of Elizabeth City, N.C., was driving the tow truck, when a medical emergency caused him to lose control and crash into the store.
The store was closed at the time of the crash.
Whitehead was taken to Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, where he died. Boykin does not know whether Whitehead died as a result of his medical condition or injuries suffered
Posted on April 13, 2010 at 9:28 PM
Updated Tuesday, Apr 13 at 10:15 PM
CHESAPEAKE-A tow truck driver who crashed into a pool and leisure supply store Tuesday evening has died.
The crash happened shortly after 7 p.m., at East Coast Leisure, located at 3269 Western Branch Boulevard. According to police spokesperson Dorienne Boykin, the driver, 48-year-old Durward Whitehead, Sr. of Elizabeth City, N.C., was driving the tow truck, when a medical emergency caused him to lose control and crash into the store.
The store was closed at the time of the crash.
Whitehead was taken to Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, where he died. Boykin does not know whether Whitehead died as a result of his medical condition or injuries suffered
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