tow truck
noun
: a truck with winches and hoist mechanisms for freeing stuck vehicles and towing wrecked or disabled vehicles
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When a drunk driver crashed into a minivan in San Diego in 2023, a tow truck came to pick up the van.
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Kc Baker, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Just ask Lucky Loughran, the tow truck driver who didn’t see anything who Proctor, uh, forgot to interview.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Cops said Orange councilman Kerry Coley threatened the unnamed tow truck driver during an incident back in October, News 12 New Jersey reported Thursday.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
The announcement warned that tow trucks may show up at crash scenes immediately after an accident.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
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Kc Baker, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Just ask Lucky Loughran, the tow truck driver who didn’t see anything who Proctor, uh, forgot to interview.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Cops said Orange councilman Kerry Coley threatened the unnamed tow truck driver during an incident back in October, News 12 New Jersey reported Thursday.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
The announcement warned that tow trucks may show up at crash scenes immediately after an accident.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Tow truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tow%20truck. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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