![]() ![]() Still, I hope it's the former explanation, not the latter, regarding the public's reaction to this fatal shooting.Pennsylvania residents who work in the motor vehicle towing industry may want to know about a recent report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. As readers of this column know by now, I'm not an animal lover. I don't know if the public anguish over CJ being wounded says more about animal lovers in general or about our collective lack of concern for homicide victims in Gary. I have no details about the shooting, nor any motives for Dumas' killing, but I found it interesting, if not troubling, that so many people showed more sympathy for a wounded animal than a murdered person. ![]() Guess which victim got more sympathy from social media users after a Post-Tribune story updated the condition of the dog? That's right, CJ, not Dumas. His dog, CJ, was also shot and wounded, but the animal lived through the ordeal. Keith "Tony" Dumas, 48, was walking less than a block from his home on April 24 when he was gunned down by unknown assailants in a car. Social media was ablaze last week about a Gary man who was mysteriously shot and killed while walking his dog near their Glen Park home. I also hope you notice them from a lane or two over and while slowing down. Either they were dozing behind the wheel, fidgeting with their cell phone or, more commonly, they took their eyes off the road to stare at the crash site.įrom now on when driving past a vehicle crash site, I hope you, too, start noticing tow truck operators working alongside other emergency responders. A simple Google search shows injury after injury, death after death, of tow truck operators who were struck by wayward motorists. ![]() While doing research for this column, I learned that many tow truck operators aren't as lucky as that couple. This crash scene took place Tuesday when a semitrailer rolled over onto a pickup truck, whose passengers suffered only minor injuries. This is a common - and dangerous - scenario for most tow truck operators, I'm told. Just a few feet separate the tow truck from thousands of vehicles passing it, some slowing down, but not all moving over to the next lane. If you look at the photo accompanying this column, notice the proximity of the tow truck, in relation to oncoming traffic along Interstate 80/94 in Hammond. Ann Wojas said it's a ticketed offense for any motorist who violates the law, which includes all emergency response vehicles. "It's a start," said Kevin, who's been advocating for many years for more protections for tow truck operators. ![]()
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