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Pennsylvania State Sen. Doug Mastriano, who helped pass a state law allowing towing operators to use blue lights, says he's now working on a bill to add photos of fallen tow truck drivers and other first responders to roadside signs as a warning to drivers to slow down and move over. Meantime, Mastriano said at a press conference that he's seeing some improvement among drivers moving over or slowing down for emergency vehicles since the blue light law was passed in 2022. "Wherever states had blue lights on the back of trucks, people pay attention. They think it's law enforcement,...

Salena Khan just graduated from Sacred Heart University with a degree in health sciences, and she quickly transitioned into entrepreneurship by launching Life on the Line, an endeavor with the mission of calling attention to tow truck driver safety. Khan’s father owns Nelcon Towing and Recovery, with locations in five localities across Connecticut. In 2005, her father was on a highway shoulder putting a car on his flatbed when a tractor trailer sped by, blowing him from the truck bed and leaving him badly cut and in need stitches in his leg. In creating Life on the Line, Khan seeks...

A Sacred Heart University graduate has started a business to raise awareness of Connecticut's Move Over law. Salena Khan recently started the company, 'Life on the Line'. Khan told News 12 she plans to raise awareness of the state's Move Over law by bringing the towing industry together to get the word out. The law requires drivers to slow down, and move over one lane if it's safe to do so, when approaching stationary emergency vehicles with their lights activated. Khan said Life on the Line aims to educate the next generation of drivers. Khan said she's working with local...

Most people think of police officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians when they hear the phrase “first responder.” Sacred Heart University health sciences graduate Salena Khan ’23 is on a mission to make the public aware that tow truck drivers also risk their lives daily to keep people safe and should be recognized as first responders. According to AAA, one tow truck driver is killed every six days in the United States, making towing one of the most lethal professions. Three years ago, tow-truck driver Corey Iodice from Iodice Family Transport was struck and killed on the Merritt Parkway near Exit 47—the...