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CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Legislation passed this month in the House of Delegates would expedite the process for towing companies to reach motorists whose vehicles have been impounded. Sponsored by Delegate Brooks (R-45), House Bill 5083 would amend West Virginia code would provide companies operating towing and recovery vehicles with access to driver registration information […]

A DRIVER has equated tow companies to thieves after being charged $300 to retrieve her car even though it allegedly wasn't her fault that it was removed. The woman has taken to TikTok to share her experience of being "scammed" by an unidentified towing company. TikToker Ellasandra Muse posted a clip on the social media […]

BEDFORD, Ohio — An investigation is underway after firefighters battled a large warehouse fire in Bedford.  SUBSCRIBE: Get the day's top headlines sent to your inbox each weekday morning with the free 3News to GO! newsletter Officials say that the fire happened on Sunday morning at around 5:32 a.m. at Always Towing at 1 West Interstate […]

Washington — Roadside assistance providers are struck and killed by passing vehicles more often than national crash data suggests, according to the results of a recent study. Researchers from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety used data from the Emergency Responder Safety Institute and the National Tow List on struck-by vehicle deaths involving tow truck […]

New York City Police Department Investigating Fatal East Village, Manhattan Tow Truck Accident By The Intersection of East 10th Street and Avenue C EAST VILLAGE, NEW YORK (February 18, 2024) – A 67-year-old female pedestrian has tragically died in an East Village tow truck accident by East 10th Street and Avenue C. New York City […]

Ella Okoli reads a book while sipping a beverage at Clio's Bookstore and Bar in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, February 15, 2024. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) An unassuming new corner bookstore burrowed into a sidewalk of Oakland’s Adams Point neighborhood has a dramatic origin story and surprising ambitions — the visitors, its owner says, […]

Several drivers said their cars were taken in the middle of the night without warning after their Las Vegas HOA pointed to emergency responder parking rules. Cars were towed from family's own driveways (stock image)Credit: Getty Important signs were blocked by trees, according to a report (stock image)Credit: Getty "It's ridiculous. It's too much," a […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — Camping season will be here before we know it, and locals are already preparing campers with the information they’ll need to know before hitting the outdoor. This weekend, Capital RV in Bismarck held a presentation about towing safety with the goal of making sure those who tow and hitch campers know […]

(CBS DETROIT) - A new study from AAA found roadside worker fatalities are much more common than data shows.  The study found roadside assistance workers were struck and killed nearly four times more than reported. Their researchers determined that 123 roadside assistance providers were killed by passing vehicles between 2015 and 2021, which is higher […]

A QUICK stop at a store has resulted in a costly car removal that public officials said was completely legal. A Volkswagen Golf driver went to a tech store for less than an hour, but his car was swept from the parking lot in just a few minutes. Cars were swiftly taken from parking lots […]