Parma gives break on towing fee to crime victims
By Bob Sandrick, Sun News
April 25, 2010, 11:10AM
Victims of crimes like automobile theft will no longer have to pay city towing fees under an ordinance Parma City Council approved Monday.
Under the previous code, the city charged a $25 fee for each car it towed. From now on, the city will waive the fee for crime victims.
Safety Director Greg Baeppler said the ordinance was recommended to council by the city’s Law Department and Police Chief Daniel Hoffman.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Published: Thursday, 1 Apr 2010
1:26 PM ET Text Size By: Brooke Sopelsa
By: Brooke Sopelsa
Writer/Producer, CNBC.com