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Tow Truck Driver Charged In Alleged Hit-And-Run Crash

Crash Victim Undergoes Surgery

POSTED: 6:24 am EST January 2, 2009
UPDATED: 12:32 pm EST January 2, 2009

A Whitman tow truck driver was ordered held on $100,000 bail Friday after an alleged hit-and-run crash that left another man seriously hurt.

Tow Driver Charged In Alleged Hit-And-Run Crash

Jonathan Ladd, 25, was charged with operating under the influence after the Brockton crash. It is Ladd's third operating under the influence charge. He is on probation for a previous offense, and there is a warrant out for Ladd's arrest in Florida for another drunken driving charge.

Police said the tow truck slammed into a man getting out of his SUV on Crescent Street on Thursday night. Witnesses said the truck did not stop after the collision.

"(Ladd) indicted to the officer that he had drank a six-pack at approximately 3 p.m. in a bar in Abington,"

The victim, identified as John Rosa, of Brockton, underwent surgery at South Shore Hospital. The extent of his injuries are not known.

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