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 driver of the work truck was standing in a grassy area next to I-65 waiting for a tow truck and was not injured.
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Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
According to the police scanner, police were responding to a call from a tow truck driver who told cops two men were shooting at each other with rifles.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
The suspect’s injuries were minor, Wells said, and the driver of the tow truck was not in the vehicle.
—Allyson Vergara, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
The hole has reportedly resulted in damage to the nearby Samsen Metropolitan Police Station, with two of its electric poles and their tow truck falling in, per local newspaper The Nation.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
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Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
According to the police scanner, police were responding to a call from a tow truck driver who told cops two men were shooting at each other with rifles.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
The suspect’s injuries were minor, Wells said, and the driver of the tow truck was not in the vehicle.
—Allyson Vergara, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
The hole has reportedly resulted in damage to the nearby Samsen Metropolitan Police Station, with two of its electric poles and their tow truck falling in, per local newspaper The Nation.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Tow truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tow%20truck. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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