A tow truck driver was killed while trying to stop his runaway truck. Two weeks earlier, the truck's brakes had failed at a service station and the driver jumped back in to stop it. Brake failure apparently occured again on a slope outside a wrecking yard. The driver tried to enter the cab while the truck was rolling. He was dragged about 30 feet (10 meters) before striking a parked car. He was crushed to death between the door and cab of the tow truck. This was one of seven incidents happening within less than a year in which parked vehicles […]
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