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Towing company paying thousands after selling sailor's car

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https://objectstorage.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/n/axauuzykcv87/b/bmwspecialist/o/hint/Self-Diagnose-Your-Car-As-Well-As-The-Check-Engine-Light.html Advertisement Towing company paying thousands after selling sailor's car Navy Seaman Russell Brown prepares to lower the American flag aboard the USS Mount Whitney in Gaeta, Italy, July, 20, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Scott Barnes) A towing company in Washington state has been told to pay thousands of dollars to a former U.S. Navy sailor for towing – and then selling – his car while he was deployed. The resolution in the dispute between Bethel Garage Inc. and sailor Vincent Rowell was announced recently by the office of the state attorney general. Advertisement - story continues below The Military Times reported that Bethel towed the sailor's car in December 2018, even though he was deployed at the time. He was assigned to the submarine Connecticut and left the car with a friend, state offic

Alberta towing company owner renews call for blue lights after driver's close call on Highway 16 | CBC News

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After a collision sent one of his tow truck operators to hospital on Thursday, a towing company owner west of Edmonton is renewing a call for blue and amber lights to be allowed on roadside assistance vehicles in Alberta. Gregg Wilson owns APL Towing & Recovery, based in Spruce Grove and Stony Plain.  He said one of his employees was on Highway 16, near Range Road 22, to recover a vehicle from a median and had pulled onto the shoulder with his lights on to wait for a blocker unit to arrive. While he was waiting, another driver drove into his vehicle. The tow truck driver was sent to hospital and is now home, expected to make a full recovery. Both vehicles were badly damaged. Stories like this are all too common, Wilson told CBC News Friday morning. Just last week, there was a less serious but similar incident with another driver for the company. "We don't go a day without an incident or a close call," he said. Wilson said blue and amber lights on tow trucks could make