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2024 Ford F-550 Jerr-Dan MPL-40
2024 Black Ford F-550 4×4 w/ HPL60 Wrecker Body

 

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Available for sale or regional lease, this new Jerr-Dan HPL60 Wrecker comes on a 2024 Ford F-550 4×4 Truck in black equipped with a Ford 6.7L Powerstroke Engine, 4.30 Rear Ratio, 10-Speed Automatic Tra [...]

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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 con [...]

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1 person hurt as train pulling safety caboose collides with tow truck in Jacksonville

from the Florida Sun Times April 2010

Posted: April 8, 2010 – 1:50pm

A train engine pulling a caboose used to promote railroad crossing safety collided with a tow truck in North Jacksonville this afternoon, injuring the tow truck driver, police and fire officials said. The accident occurred about 1:15 p.m. in the 9200 block of North Main Street across from the Preferred Materials concrete plant. A tow truck from Abe’s Wrecker Service was leaving a junkyard and cr [...]

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Published: Thursday, 1 Apr 2010

1:26 PM ET Text Size By: Brooke Sopelsa

By: Brooke Sopelsa
Writer/Producer, CNBC.com

The automotive sector was handed major setbacks during the recession, but Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation, said the industry is in store for a “Fat V” recovery.“We plunged from 16 million (vehicles sold) down to 10 million in two years, and it’s going to take us about four years to get back to 16 million,” Jackson explained.Jackson, who runs the largest chain of auto dealerships in the United States, added that March was an “excellent month” at the retail level.“I thi [...]
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