When I did recovery work some 15 years ago it was constant that the industry lost 1 recovery operative each month .
The were the figures for those in associations etc , I think there were quite a few more if the private and independent operators were counted .
My predecessor died after 3 years as a direct result of being crushed against the side of the truck . I was struck several times by passing vehicle mirrors and once had my jacket sliced open across the back by a passing bus .
The image of a double decker bus on the bed of a recovery truck that was at a breakdown was widely circulated. The bus had struck the broken down car and fired it off the truck , over the cab of the truck and down the hard shoulder . The operator lost both his legs .
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