SWK/Hilltowns

Interstate Towing to assist Southwick police with towing

SOUTHWICK – A week after the town’s main police tow operator announced it would no longer provide service, an additional back-up tow company was approved.
The Board of Selectmen, with a recommendation from Police Chief David Ricardi, agreed to allow Interstate Towing to subcontract for Southwick Collision Center, now the town’s main police tow operator.
Longtime tow company Prifti Motors no longer does police towing. Owner Donald Prifti said last week that it was “not profitable any longer.”
Prifti Motos has served Southwick for 70 years.
The resignation came just months after Southwick Collision was added as a second operator late last summer. Prifti protested the addition of another tow operator and said he always answered the police calls. Prifti still offers private tow service in town and contracts with other police departments.
Ricardi said Interstate would not contract with the town, but with Southwick Collision and would mainly handle large needs.
“His first interest was in heavy duty stuff,” Ricardi said. “But with the loss of a tow operator, he is offering to help.”
Southwick Collision would contact Interstate if there was a need to move a heavy vehicle or to serve as a backup if Southwick Collision was unable to respond. Interstate Towing is run out of Chicopee.

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