Ditched by Jim “Buck” Sorrenti
Rosenberry called on his 50 ton Jerr-Dan wrecker.
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osenberry Towing, located in New Philadelphia, Ohio, is Tuscarawas county’s largest towing and recovery provider. They offer light-, medium-, and heavy-duty towing services. Established in 1969 they have over 50-years of towing and recovery experience. All employees are WreckMaster trained as well as having Traffic Incident Management training. The Rosenberry Towing team is certified and trained to handle any situation that is thrown at them. Alex Rosenberry is the dynamic owner and lead heavy operator for the company. He does any and everything that needs to be done.
Editor’s Note: We’d like to send congratulations to Alex and his lady Jeanette on the birth of their Princess Raelynn in March 2021.
This accident happened on State Route 800 near Mineral City, Ohio at approximately 4pm on Monday, April 12th 2021. Alex informed, “The call came in as a semi vs. a car. The semi was actually a 2017 KW T800 dump hauling 18-ton of stone in the bed and was said to be in a ditch. We were requested to respond by the trucking company owner.” Alex and his dad Thad Rosenberry responded with their 2017 Peterbilt 389
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with a 50-ton Jerr-Dan Integrated wrecker. Once on scene they found that the dump truck had taken out approximately 200feet of guardrail. Alex explained, “It was leaning very hard against the torn-out guardrail on a steep, muddy embankment approximately 75-100-feet down deep. The guardrail was holding quite a bit of tension. The casualty however was only about 10-feet off the edge of the road.” Once Alex assessed the situation he