(414) 279-5510 Call 24/7 Emergency & Accident Towing · St. Francis, Milwaukee County
MKE Towing & Recovery handles St. Francis’s collision calls — from St. Francis Seminary (Saint Francis de Sales Seminary) to the WIS-32 (Kinnickinnic Ave / E Howard Ave / Lake Drive) ramps — with damage-free flatbed loading even when the car won’t roll or start. We coordinate with the police and your insurer directly, ~20 min typical arrival.
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Most accident tows go on your collision or comprehensive claim, billed directly where supported. The truck comes from our South Side Milwaukee yard, ~5 road miles away.
MKE Towing & Recovery clears crash scenes across St. Francis and Milwaukee County 24/7 — St. Francis Seminary / Seminary Woods, Lakefront (Lake Drive), and Kinnickinnic Avenue corridor, and the WIS-32 (Kinnickinnic Ave / E Howard Ave / Lake Drive), WIS-794 (John R. Plewa Memorial Lake Parkway), and CTH-Y (Layton Avenue) corridors. Damage-free loading even when the vehicle won’t roll or start, a ~20-minute typical arrival, and direct coordination with the police and your insurer, towing to your shop, home, or our secured yard. Most accident tows go on your claim — you may owe only your deductible. Call (414) 279-5510.
Instant quote — free, no phone call needed
If anyone is hurt, call 911 first — the quote can wait. Then tell the calculator where the vehicle sits in St. Francis, where it should go, the damage location (front, rear, side, or rollover — it changes how we load), and whether the tow is insurance-covered. Your exact price — or the insurance direct-billing note — is on screen in about 60 seconds, with a quote reference (Q-XXXXXXXX) the dispatcher picks right up. Online pricing covers our standard ~30-mile service area; beyond that, a dispatcher prices it personally.
If anyone is hurt, call 911 first. Hazards on next. If it’s safe and the car is drivable, move it out of live lanes on WIS-32 (Kinnickinnic Ave / E Howard Ave / Lake Drive), WIS-794 (John R. Plewa Memorial Lake Parkway), and CTH-Y (Layton Avenue). Stay well away from traffic, exchange info with the other driver, and photograph everything. Then call (414) 279-5510 — we answer live and send the nearest truck to clear your vehicle.
Local to St. Francis
Here’s how accident and recovery calls actually run in St. Francis, Milwaukee County — the roads we cover, the conditions that put cars off them, and how fast a flatbed reaches the scene.
Where the John R. Plewa Memorial Lake Parkway (WIS-794) drops below grade through St. Francis, breakdowns are frequent — and that same stretch is the main commuter artery, linking the Hoan Bridge and downtown to Mitchell Airport just south, heaviest from 7–9 AM and again from 4–6 PM. WIS-32 (Kinnickinnic Avenue, East Howard Avenue and South Lake Drive) and Layton Avenue (CTH-Y) handle the local movement, feeding toward Milwaukee and Cudahy. The city's major surface crossings — East Howard Avenue at Kinnickinnic, Lake Drive and Packard, and East Layton at Pennsylvania and Whitnall — are largely uncontrolled, so watch for right-of-way fender-benders.
~5 road miles from our South Side yard, with coverage across Milwaukee & Waukesha counties. We prioritize live-lane wrecks; live ETA confirmed on the call.
When an officer orders the tow anywhere in Milwaukee County, we handle it — and we bill your insurer directly where supported — AAA, Agero, Urgently, NSD and HONK included. You get clean condition documentation for the claim, so you handle only your deductible.
The bluff below St. Francis Seminary is where the lake makes itself felt: dense fog and lake-effect snow settle there and along the lakefront, and shoreline roads can hold cold and ice longer than streets a few blocks inland. Sitting directly on Lake Michigan, the city runs a humid continental pattern — snowy, cold winters; humid, warm summers.
Covering St. Francis ZIP codes: 53235
Sound familiar?
A rear-end hit in WIS-32 (Kinnickinnic Ave / E Howard Ave / Lake Drive) traffic. If the car isn’t safe or legal to drive, we load it and run it to your St. Francis-area shop.
Airbags blew, the dash lit up, and it won’t crank or steer. We load it damage-free and tow it where your claim needs it.
Can’t move and traffic is stacking behind you in St. Francis. Live-lane calls get the nearest truck, priority-dispatched.
Slid off and hit the guardrail or dropped into the median. We winch it up and load it — recovery included.
On its side or badly crushed. We bring winch and recovery gear and the right crew to get it upright and out.
Police requested the tow at the scene in St. Francis. We handle authorized removals and the paperwork, and take the vehicle exactly where directed.
What we recover
Flatbed loaded with skates or dollies when the wheels won’t roll or the suspension is bent — no dragging, no added damage.
Heavier rigging matched to the weight, and a winch to bring it back from a ditch, median, or guardrail before it’s loaded.
An AWD or EV shouldn’t be towed on its wheels — it goes fully on the flatbed. Soft straps on frame points protect the bodywork.
Soft-strapped upright on the bed with a wheel chock — after a spill we secure it so there are no tips, scratches, or drops on the way in.
Who pays & what it costs
In St. Francis, the bill for an accident tow usually lands on your collision or comprehensive coverage — you may owe only your deductible. Paying out of pocket instead, the price is built from the damage location (it sets the loading method) and the measured route to your drop-off — itemized by the calculator up this page in about a minute, with complex scenes confirmed by a dispatcher.
Straight from the same pricing engine our dispatchers use — damage-aware, route-measured, and itemized. Complex scenes get a dispatcher confirmation, never a surprise invoice.
See my price nowGetting help in St. Francis
No phone tree — a live Milwaukee dispatcher answers. Give us the spot (WIS-32 (Kinnickinnic Ave / E Howard Ave / Lake Drive), Kinnickinnic Avenue (WIS-32) corridor, wherever you are in St. Francis), whether anyone’s hurt, and the vehicle.
The driver makes the scene safe, checks the vehicle, and documents its condition before anything moves.
Winched out if it’s off the road, then loaded flat on the bed — even if it won’t roll, steer, or start.
To your St. Francis-area repair shop, home, or storage — and we coordinate with the police and your insurer so the claim is clean.
Why St. Francis drivers call MKE
A real ETA from the closest truck — answered live, any day, and we prioritize vehicles in live lanes.
We work straight with your insurer and the major motor clubs — billing the provider directly where supported.
Years of collision and recovery work across 2 SE Wisconsin counties. Licensed & Insured in Wisconsin.
A flatbed for a clean tow or a wrecker for a rollover — the right rig the first time in St. Francis.
St. Francis accident towing questions
Get safe first: hazards on, move off the lane if the car still drives, and stay buckled if you're stuck on the Lake Parkway or an East Howard Avenue block. Call 911 if anyone's hurt or a lane is blocked — the Saint Francis Police and Fire Departments respond in the city — then call us at (414) 279-5510 and we'll roll an accident-recovery truck, usually in about 20 minutes.
About 20 minutes typically, and faster when a lane is blocked — those are priority dispatches. St. Francis's crash risk sits at its uncontrolled surface crossings: East Howard Avenue at Kinnickinnic, Lake Drive and Packard, and East Layton Avenue at Pennsylvania and Whitnall. Call (414) 279-5510 and dispatch tracks the closest truck.
On an insured or at-fault claim, the tow is usually billed through insurance, and we work directly with your insurer or the police-ordered process — often nothing out of pocket to you. If you're paying yourself, it's a damage-aware hook-up with a flat quote before we hook up — the calculator shows your exact number in about 60 seconds. Call (414) 279-5510 and tell us what happened.
Yes — that's the core of accident recovery. We flatbed non-running and heavily damaged vehicles so nothing drags, sweep up debris, and handle leaking or rolled-over cars safely — rollover recovery and any storage are quoted as clear line items if the vehicle needs to be held. St. Francis's Aurora Health Center and Urgent Care are clinics, not ERs, so injury cases route to a hospital nearby. Call (414) 279-5510.
Yes. We work with the Saint Francis Police on accident-scene and police-ordered removals and follow Milwaukee County and Wisconsin non-consent rules. Your wrecked vehicle goes to the body shop, dealer, or storage you choose where the situation allows. Call (414) 279-5510.
Answers reviewed July 2026 — pricing model, hours and ETAs are checked quarterly.
Scroll back up, answer a few taps, and the exact price for the St. Francis tow is on screen — or the insurance-billing note, if it's going on your claim.
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Call and a live Milwaukee dispatcher picks up — 24/7, ~20-min typical arrival in St. Francis, damage-free loading, direct billing to your insurer where supported. People first; we’ll handle the car.