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Insurance Company Settles Up For $190K In Sewage Station Wreck
February 24, 2011
The Town of Century has received a six figure insurance settlement check for a December 20 wreck that damaged a sewage lift station and electric generator on Highway 29 near Jackson Street.
The Great Western Casualty Company settled with the town for $190,250.51. That’s “every penny” of the town’s cost for repairs, according to Mayor Freddie McCall.
The truck driver, Freddie Pelzer, 67, of Douglasville, Georgia, was not injured in the crash. He was charged with careless driving by the Florida Highway Patrol.
Pictured: A Town of Century sewage lift station and generator were damaged in this December 20 crash on Highway 29 near Jackson Street. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
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2 Responses to “Insurance Company Settles Up For $190K In Sewage Station Wreck”
At least we had cost recovery. Saves the tax payers.
Good.