Mother Plans Lawsuit After Passed Out Son Is Towed Away In Car

[matcom]

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- A local company is accused of towing first and asking questions later.

Tow Truck Company of Orlando impounded an SUV on Saturday night with 21-year-old Chris Richard passed out in the back seat.

Now his mother plans to file a lawsuit against the company.

The receptionist at the company talked to Eyewitness News through her bulletproof glass window. "The kid was passed out drunk in his car. I don't know what to tell you," she says.

But the boy's mother feels differently. "My son was in the car for at least an hour and nobody knew. The windows were up. He could have suffocated in the car," says Sherry Avery.

Last June, the same company towed a van with a 7-year-old girl in the back seat.

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[DS1]

1. How is it that the most reckless drivers in the world drive tow trucks?

Is there some kind of pay-it-forward system going on that I'm not aware exists?

[Massacure]

2. A seven year old girl last june? They didn't get charched with kidnapping?

[denverbill]

3. What did she want them to do?

Break into the car, drag his ass out and dump him in the street?

Maybe she'd have preferred it if they'd called the cops and nailed him for DUI, since in most states being in a car while drunk is enough to be charged.

[Book Lover]

4. How about obey the law?

"It deserves mention that it is illegal to tow an occupied vehicle."

They should have called the cops, who would have gotten into the car, carted the guy away to the station, and called whatever phone number they found in his wallet.