Struck By Incidents
News stories about struck-by-vehicle incidents involving emergency responders and/or their vehicles.
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Texas: Denison Fire Engine Damaged in Accident
The Denison Fire Department is down a fire engine after it was hit while responding to an accident. Assistant Fire Chief Bill Ray says crews were working a crash scene when someone rear-ended their engine The car that hit it was heavily damaged , and it'll take several weeks to repair the fire truck.
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Georgia: Columbus Officer Hit by Vehicle on Airport Thruway
A Columbus Police Officer was hurt after being struck by a vehicle. It happened Friday around 6:30 p.m. Police responded to the Walmart on Airport Thruway in reference to a shoplifting incident. Officers say the police was struck by a 1998 Mercury Sable, and suffered redness and swelling.
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Georgia: Columbus Officer Hit by Vehicle on Airport Thruway (1)
A Columbus Police Officer was hurt after being struck by a vehicle. It happened Friday around 6:30 p.m. Police responded to the Walmart on Airport Thruway in reference to a shoplifting incident. Officers say the police was struck by a 1998 Mercury Sable, and suffered redness and swelling.
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Virginia: VSP Trooper Avoids Injury in I-95 Crash
A Virginia State Trooper was uninjured Tuesday after a driver on Interstate 95 North lost control and started a chain reaction crash that hit the trooper's car.
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Virginia: VSP Trooper Avoids Injury in I-95 Crash (1)
A Virginia State Trooper was uninjured Tuesday after a driver on Interstate 95 North lost control and started a chain reaction crash that hit the trooper's car.
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Virginia: VSP Trooper Avoids Injury in I-95 Crash (2)
A Virginia State Trooper was uninjured Tuesday after a driver on Interstate 95 North lost control and started a chain reaction crash that hit the trooper's car.
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Florida: FHP Vehicle Struck by Man Trying to By-Pass Roadblock
A 19-year-old Jacksonville woman was arrested early Saturday on allegations that she was drunk when she clipped a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle with her Ford Mustang. The trooper had been stationed at a roadblock on Riverside Avenue due to an earlier crash investigation when his car was hit by the woman.
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Ohio: Dayton Fire Truck Struck by Driverless Car
A Dayton fire pumper truck has a new dent, thanks to an over-excited motorist who jumped out of his car while it was still in motion. A firefighter tells us the pumper truck was parked at the scene of a minor traffic accident in the 100 block of Boltin Street about 10:30 p.m. The driver, said to have been a relative of someone involved in the accident, drove up in a car and seemed agitated or excited as he got out of it. Problem is, he left in gear and it continued on — sans driver — until it hit the city vehicle.
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Pennsylvania: Trooper Involved in Crash on I-81
A State Trooper was involved in a crash Friday morning when a car tried to hit its brakes and lost control. The accident occurred on I-81 around 845 a.m. near mile marker 12.
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Ohio: Deputy Rescued By First Responders Had A Narrow Escape
Everyone involved in an horrendous early morning accident escaped serious injuries, but it closed Interstate 71 and trapped a Franklin County deputy inside his cruiser Wednesday morning. The accident happened just before 2 a.m. as Deputy Ryan Murphy was handling an earlier crash authorities said involved a drunk driver.