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A Seattle woman pleaded guilty to charges of vehicular homicide and hit and run in the death of a tow truck operator. On Sept. 24, 2010, at 1:26 a.m., investigators said Shavelle Lewis, 21, swerved across five lanes of traffic on Interstate 5 and struck [...]
A Seattle tow truck driver, William “Tony” Padilla, killed Sept. 24, 2010 by an impaired motorist while working on the side of the road, was honored by the Washington Traffic Incident Management Coalition (WTIMC) Tuesday, March 8, according to a news report. The ceremony took [...]
Starting January 1, the State of Washington’s Move Over law will become stricter following the death of a Seattle tow truck driver who was killed on the roadside in September. Currently, Washington drivers must move over one lane or slow down when emergency crews are [...]
A new Washington state law takes effect that adds more teeth, and tow truck operators, to an earlier Move Over law from 2007. Beginning Jan. 1, new provisions create emergency zones around officials and tow truck drivers who work along roads, a news report said. [...]
A Washington tow truck driver was found dead in his home Saturday night, Nov. 27, after firefighters responded to a call that smoke was coming from the home, according to a news report. Anthony Poortinga, 62, owner of Anthony’s Cheap Tow towing service in East [...]
The woman charged in a hit-and-run crash that left tow truck driver William Tony Padilla dead pleaded not guilty on Tuesday, October 12, according to a news report. Shavelle M. Lewis, 20, has been charged with vehicular homicide and felony hit-and-run in Padilla’s Sept. 24 [...]
Dozens of tow truck drivers from all over the Bellevue and surrounding Washington area gathered Saturday, October 9, to honor the life of William Tony Padilla, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver while responding to a call on Sept. 24. The event began at [...]
A tow truck procession in honor of recently deceased tow truck driver William Anthony “Tony” Padilla is being organized by the Towing and Recovery Association of Washington, to be followed by a celebration of life, according to a news report. The event is expected to [...]
The driver of a vehicle that struck and killed Washington State towing operator William Padilla has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and felony hit-and-run, news reports said. Police say Shavelle Lewis, 20, was the driver of an SUV that crossed five lanes of traffic and [...]
