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NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports for "Motor Vehicle - Struck-by" Incidents

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  • Nassau County Officer Killed by Truck in Expressway Crash February 5, 2011

    Officer Michael Califano, 44, was killed on Friday, Febuary 4, in a horrific car crash that left his cruiser crushed beneath a flatbed truck on the Long Island Expressway.

  • Stolen Snow Plow Kills Toronto Police Officer January 12, 2011

    An 11-year veteran of the Toronto police department died in hospital Wednesday after being struck by a stolen truck equipped with a snowplow.

  • Toronto Police Officer Killed by Stolen Snowplow January 12, 2011

    A Toronto police officer struck by a stolen snowplow early Wednesday morning is dead. The office of Mayor Rob Ford confirmed the death at about 9 a.m. Police say the officer suffered life-threatening injuries when the plow was deliberately driven at him.

  • Oklahoma Police Officer Killed In Crash After Pushing Man To Safety November 25, 2010

    An off-duty Department of Defense and Nolanville reserve police officer died in a highway crash Tuesday night, moments after he pushed another man out of the path of an oncoming car.

  • One Firefighter Killed and Another Critically Injured in Struck By November 15, 2010

    Officials this afternoon have revealed the identity of the Columbia firefighter who died Saturday after being struck by a car while responding to a brush fire on I-20. The firefighter named was Chance Hyatt Zobel, 23, a three-year veteran of the fire department with Engine Co. No. 4 stationed at Spears Creek Church Road.

  • South Carolina Firefighter Struck and Killed November 14, 2010

    Richland County Coroner Gary Watts along with Interim Columbia Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins said Sunday that Chance Hyatt Zobel was the Columbia-Richland Firefighter who lost his life in the line of duty. Another firefighter remains in critical condition after a vehicle accident on I-20 Saturday afternoon. Firefighter Larry Kewon Irvin was also struck and is in critical condition at a local hospital.

  • Pennsylvania Worker Struck, Killed By SUV In York County November 9, 2010

    A worker was struck and killed by a vehicle in York Township Friday morning. The accident happened at a Columbia Gas work site in the 2400 block of South George Street, police said. An Isuzu Trooper struck the flagman. George Waltemyer, 85, was taken to the hospital, where he later died.

  • Rookie Texas Officer Struck and Killed by Suspected Drunken Driver October 29, 2010

    Rookie San Antonio, Texas Officer Sergio Antillo was struck and killed by a suspected drunken driver on Friday morning, October 29.

  • Two Maryland Highway Workers Killed October 21, 2010

    Maryland State Police say two men picking up trash on a Charles County median were killed when an SUV went off the highway and hit them.

  • Indiana Officer Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver September 30, 2010

    A Greenfield police officer was killed early Thursday morning when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bicycle on U.S. 40. The crash happened at about 12:30 a.m. a few miles west of Knightstown, police said.