Disabled woman left stranded by towing company
By HUNTER SIZEMORE, Alligator Writer
A physically disabled woman was told "too bad, so sad" by a driver from Ultimate Towing after she asked for a ride to the lot where the
company had towed her car, she said.
But walking to the lot was not an option for Ashley Gregg, 24. She uses with a cane due to degenerative disk disease, which affects the spine. She can travel no more than 50 or 60 feet without resting.
"You get the ticket, you pay the fine," Gregg said. "It's more that I was left stranded as a handicapped person that worries me."
But walking to the lot was not an option for Ashley Gregg, 24. She uses with a cane due to degenerative disk disease, which affects the spine. She can travel no more than 50 or 60 feet without resting.
"You get the ticket, you pay the fine," Gregg said. "It's more that I was left stranded as a handicapped person that worries me."
When she walked to the parking lot after eating at Flaco's Cuban Bakery, a tow truck driver, identified only as Driver No. 426, was towing another car,
she said.
She asked the driver to take her to the lot, and he laughed at her and refused, she said.
The incident happened after she parked in what she said was an ambiguously marked lot behind Flaco's and Durty Nelly's Irish Pub, which turned out to be the property of the law agency next door.
Ultimate Towing declined to comment for the story.
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She asked the driver to take her to the lot, and he laughed at her and refused, she said.
The incident happened after she parked in what she said was an ambiguously marked lot behind Flaco's and Durty Nelly's Irish Pub, which turned out to be the property of the law agency next door.
Ultimate Towing declined to comment for the story.
http://www.alligator.org/...local/090123_handicap.txt
