Thursday, January 17, 2013
2 Tow Truck Operators has been killed in the line of duty since January 2013
This is the official Respect Tow Truck Operators list of all the fallen tow truck operators since January 1st, 2012. I have been keeping this list since the beginning of the year. You are more than welcome to use it of course! Just please give our page a little bit of credit for the hard work and dedication RTTO puts into it. Thanks all!
Also if there is anyone who has passed away IN THE LINE OF DUTY, please send me a email with the date, name, and location and it will be gladly added!
Number of Tow Truck Operators killed: 2
January 5th 2013 - Chicago (Sauk Village), IL - Shawn Brewster
January 15th 2013 - Bald Knob, AR - Delbert Brooks
Rest in Peace Delbert Brooks (37)
Rest in Peace Delbert Brooks of Arkansas
Bald Knob Family Mourns Tow Truck Driver's Death
A Central Arkansas community is mourning the loss of a man killed while
helping wrecked drivers Tuesday. Delbert Brooks was working for his
family's towing service in Bald Knob when a car slid across Highway
67/167 hitting him. His father says, their jobs are very dangerous,
even when there isn't severe weather.
Delbert Brooks' father Dale
says, they are always worried about safety, but that hasn't stopped
them from getting out and trying to save others. Right up there with
fishing and hunting, towing runs in the Brooks' family blood. When Dale
Brooks' father opened a garage in 1971, Dale took right after him, then
showed the ropes to his son, Delbert.
Sleet slicked roads kept the father son pair busy in White County Tuesday.
"It was hectic. Me and him started out together and we split up," he says.
Delbert's mother Kay was manning the phones when Delbert called.
"It was so dangerous, he said 'three people almost hit me,'" says Kay Brooks.
Minutes
later, police called Dale to help at a wreck on highway 67/167. Police
say a man was hit standing on the side of the road when another driver
came flying across the median.
It was Delbert.
"They
called me out to work that one, they didn't know it was my son. When I
got out there, I walked up on my son in the road, says Dale. "I lost a
son and it hurts."
His parents say the 37-year old was two days
away from his 21st wedding anniversary. He's leaving behind three kids,
including a son who's been learning how to take over the family business
one day.
"I think we raised a good son. He worked hard, we have a lot to be thankful for," says Dale.
People
have been sharing stories around town and on Facebook about how Delbert
Brooks helped them when they locked their keys in the cars or needed a
lift. Many of those people have called the Brooks garage and the family
says, those stories and prayers are helping them get through this tough
time.
http://arkansasmatters.com/fulltext?nxd_id=628342
Sunday, December 9, 2012
37 Tow Truck Operators have been killed since January 2012
This is the official Respect Tow Truck Operators list of all the fallen tow truck operators since January 1st, 2012. I have been keeping this list since the beginning of the year. You are more than welcome to use it of course! Just please give our page a little bit of credit for the hard work and dedication RTTO puts into it. Thanks all!
Also if there is anyone who has passed away IN THE LINE OF DUTY, please send me a email with the date, name, and location and it will be gladly added!
Number of Tow Truck Operators killed: 37
January 2nd - Joseph Ricciardelli - Boynton Beach, FL
January 4th - Andrew Smith - Duncannon, PA
January 17th - Paul Rocheleau - LaSalle, Ontario, CANADA
February 15th - Geoffrey Clark - Sydney, Australia
February 27th - Claude Cash - Madison Heights, VA
March 20th - David Robinson Jr. - Auburn, CA
March 30th - Jesus Salcedo - Colton, CA
April 5th - Adam Moody - Pontiac, MI
April 12th - James Coffey - Timmonsville, SC
April 17th - David Bense Sr. - St. Louis, MO
May 4th - Jose Martinez - Dallas, TX
May 6th - Corddaryl Henley - Buffalo, NY
May 10th - Max Vallejo - Chicago, IL
May 18th - Randall Littlejohn - Elk Mountain, WY
June 28th - Charles P. Oswald - Schnecksville, PA
July 7th - Howard White - Bagdad, KY
July 9th - Scott Hinchliffe - Madeira Beach, FL
July 14th - Herol Sinong - Serian, Malaysia
July 21st - Terry McCart - Jacksonville, FL
July 24th - Billy Wayne Wooten - Greenville, TX
July 27th - Travis Lee Danner - San Antonio, TX
July 28th - Charles Rash Sr. - Humble, TX
August 1st - Winston Gant - Chattanooga, TN
August 27th - Blake Gresham - Smithville, MO
August 30th - Gregory Alan Parker - Picayune, MS
September 9th - Cory Salisbury - Amherstburg, Ontario, CANADA
September 21st - Clifton Scott - Kansas City, MO
September 29th - William Houck - Columbus, OH
October 6th - James Johnson - North Bend, OH
October 6th - Ken Kallmeyer - Villa Hills, KY
October 31st - David Scarborough - Woodland Mills, TN
November 4th - John Junior Colville - Wilmington, NC
November 19th - Larry Schofield - Gillette, WY
November 20th - Todd Showell - Sumter, SC
November 24th - Timothy Kimble - Birmingham, ATL
December 8th - Shaun Riddle - San Diego, CA
December 8th - Faapuna Manu - Long Beach, CA
Rest in Peace Shaun Riddle (27)
Rest in Peace Shaun Riddle (27)
A tow-truck driver helping a stalled vehicle was struck and killed by a southbound Amtrak train Saturday afternoon in Encinitas in northern San Diego County, the county Sheriff's Department said.
The stalled vehicle was just west of the railroad tracks, and the tow-truck driver could not move quickly enough to avoid the train, officials said. The driver's name was not released.
Rest in Peace Faapuna Manu
Rest in Peace Faapuna Manu
A tow truck driver who had stopped to help a stranded driver was struck and killed by another vehicle.
Faapuna Manu had stopped his truck on
I-405 near Orange Ave. in Long Beach at about 2 a.m. Sunday, the
California Highway Patrol said in its report on the collision.
He was standing next to his truck inflating a spare tire for the people inside a disabled 2005 Mercedes-Benz when he was hit.
Raymond Burley, the driver of the
2005 Toyota that police say hit Manu, was hospitalized with moderate
injuries, according to the report.
Burley, 26, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, the report said.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Rest in Peace Timothy Kimble (48)
Rest in Peace Timothy Kimble (48)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A dispute over a towed vehicle has left two men dead in Birmingham.
Police identify the dead as 21-year-old Roderious Smith of Fairfield and 48-year-old Timothy Kimble of Birmingham.
Police say the men began arguing after Kimble towed Smith's broken-down vehicle off a road to a house where the shooting occurred.
Shots rang out as the dispute got worse between Smith and another person who was riding with the tow-truck driver. Both Kimble and Smith were hit.
Kimble was dead at the house, and Smith died later at a hospital.
Police say they haven't made any arrests.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Rest in Peace Todd Showell (45)
Rest in Peace Todd Showell (45)
Sumter, SC (WLTX) -- Sumter deputies have arrested a man they say killed a person trying to repossess his car.
Alton Shelley, 81, has been charged with murder.
Officers say just before 2 p.m. Tuesday, officers got a call of a shooting on Fletcher Drive. When they arrived they found a black wrecker truck in the middle of the road. The driver, 45-year-old Todd Showell, was dead.
According to investigators, Showell and another man had come to the home to repossess Shelley's vehicle, but Shelley told them they had the wrong one. Deputies say the men were driving off without the vehicle when Shelley fired shots, hitting Showell.
Sheriff Dennis says the shooting remains under investigation.
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