tow truck
noun
: a truck with winches and hoist mechanisms for freeing stuck vehicles and towing wrecked or disabled vehicles
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Police are also investigating the April 10 shooting death of a tow truck driver who had towed the green Acura on March 19, Lemma said.
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Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
Cintron Garcia was a tow truck driver who towed the Acura from an apartment complex, where it was illegally parked, on March 19, investigators said.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2024
Officers found a man on the roadway with major injuries, and his tow truck with rear damage approximately 30 feet behind him, police said in a news release Thursday.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2024
That came in the wake of an incident in which two Waymo cars crashed into the same truck being hauled by a tow truck minutes apart in Phoenix at the end of last year.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2024
On Monday, a tow truck hauled the rental vehicle up the side of the cliff using technical ropes and removed the vehicle from the scene.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2024
During the later moments of the chase, sparks seemed to come from the bottom of the tow truck.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
Paperwork sent to one tow truck company said Casper’s Winnebago was in violation of Vehicle Code section 22651(o).
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
His transition from being a high school student with one tow truck to heading one of America’s largest car-moving companies has been astonishing.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
Cintron Garcia was a tow truck driver who towed the Acura from an apartment complex, where it was illegally parked, on March 19, investigators said.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2024
Officers found a man on the roadway with major injuries, and his tow truck with rear damage approximately 30 feet behind him, police said in a news release Thursday.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2024
That came in the wake of an incident in which two Waymo cars crashed into the same truck being hauled by a tow truck minutes apart in Phoenix at the end of last year.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2024
On Monday, a tow truck hauled the rental vehicle up the side of the cliff using technical ropes and removed the vehicle from the scene.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2024
During the later moments of the chase, sparks seemed to come from the bottom of the tow truck.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
Paperwork sent to one tow truck company said Casper’s Winnebago was in violation of Vehicle Code section 22651(o).
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
His transition from being a high school student with one tow truck to heading one of America’s largest car-moving companies has been astonishing.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
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