Slow Down, Move Over: Tow truck driver hit by vehicle in Calgary
Calgary, Alberta — A tow truck driver was taken to the hospital early morning on June 14 after being struck by a vehicle near Deerfoot City. According to Global News, police said the tow truck driver had parked the truck in the 5700 blocks of southbound 11 Street N.E. around 6 a.m. to aid a […]
Clear the Way: Edmonton calling on the government for new towing safety measures
Edmonton, Alberta — Alberta’s provincial government is being called on to approve new safety measures for tow truck operators after a man was hit responding to call in Edmonton on Friday. The operator was putting out traffic cones at the scene of an accident when he was clipped by the side mirror of a passing […]
New bill in Alberta introduced to improve tow truck driver safety
Edmonton, Alberta — December 7, 2017 — Grande Prairie-Wapiti MLA Wayne Drysdale recently introduced Bill 215, the Traffic Safety (Tow Trucks) Amendment Act, 2017. The new bill will allow tow truck operators to install white and blue warning lights onto their trucks as part of an effort to make jobs safer for tow truck drivers. […]
Crash kills tow truck driver on the job
Strathmore, Alberta — September 6, 2017 — The towing industry, friends and family bid their goodbyes to a tow truck driver who was killed on the job in a road collision, in Strathmore, Alberta, August 29. According to a media release from the Alberta RCMP, the tow truck and a tractor-trailer had both been travelling […]
