Wrecking car

(Railway) a car fitted up with apparatus and implements for removing the wreck occasioned by an accident, as by a collision.

See also: Wrecking

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
References in classic literature ?
He remembered his work, the wrecking car, and the wrecking crew that had toiled under him, and he wondered what had become of Clancey, his right-hand man.
However, the cheap fuel has been linked with wrecking car engines, and motorists are advised to avoid buying diesel from outlets other than recognised forecourts.
Dubai: A porter and a cleaner have been jailed for three years each for wrecking cars' windows and stealing Dh17,000 in cash and personal belongings during Eid Al Adha holiday.
The British couple - who have not been named - are understood to have been dragged away in the current as water flowed through a market place, wrecking cars and stalls.