tow truck
noun
: a truck with winches and hoist mechanisms for freeing stuck vehicles and towing wrecked or disabled vehicles
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The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a Merrillville man’s conviction and 100-year sentence Tuesday for killing his wife’s former boyfriend’s friend with a tow truck.
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Crews and tow truck companies worked for approximately three hours to remove the vehicle from the closed highway, which reopened just after 3 p.m., according the Ohio Department of Transportation.
—Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2024
Bower said officers were told a tow truck driver and the driver of a passenger vehicle was heading east on Greenway Road when the two got into an argument that turned physical.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024
Officials say the driver of a Dodge Ram pickup truck blew through a red light at Riverside and Walnut avenues at about 11 p.m. on Nov. 24, striking the Honda carrying the two kids and their parents, and causing that vehicle to smash into a tow truck.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Crews and tow truck companies worked for approximately three hours to remove the vehicle from the closed highway, which reopened just after 3 p.m., according the Ohio Department of Transportation.
—Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2024
Bower said officers were told a tow truck driver and the driver of a passenger vehicle was heading east on Greenway Road when the two got into an argument that turned physical.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024
Officials say the driver of a Dodge Ram pickup truck blew through a red light at Riverside and Walnut avenues at about 11 p.m. on Nov. 24, striking the Honda carrying the two kids and their parents, and causing that vehicle to smash into a tow truck.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Tow truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tow%20truck. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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