Struck By Incidents
News stories about struck-by-vehicle incidents involving emergency responders and/or their vehicles.
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Montana: Sheriff's Deputy Injured in Interstate Crash
A Missoula County Sheriff's Deputy suffers from injuries after he was hit by a car on the interstate Sunday afternoon. MCSO officials say the deputy was outside of his vehicle assisting a trooper who was closing the highway near the Wye on I-90. Another vehicle lost control and drove into the deputy's patrol car, causing it to hit him. The deputy was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Canada: Plain-Clothes Officer Struck
A plain-clothed police officer was struck by a vehicle that had been reported as stolen in Toronto's east end on Monday.
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New York: Suffolk County Police Hunt Man Who Allegedly Struck Police Officer With Truck
Suffolk County Police want your help finding a Long Island man who they say set fire to his girlfriend’s apartment before hitting a police officer with his truck. Police said the encounter occurred about 2 a.m. Thursday in Brentwood. The suspect is identified as Manuel DeLeon Cuellar. He may be armed with a knife, police said. Cuellar is 24, has a beard, 5’9? and weighs about 175 pounds, police said. He was last
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North Carolina: One Dead After Multiple Wrecks on Interstate in Mebane
Cars were backed up for miles on Interstate 40/85 Wednesday from traffic caused by multiple wrecks — including a fatal accident also resulting in injured victims from the State Highway Patrol, Mebane Fire Department and a Greyhound bus. Tiffany Jennings, 33, of High Point was killed after striking three Mebane Fire Department vehicles on the interstate near mile 154 responding to an earlier wreck.
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Connecticut: Ansonia Firefighter Struck by Driver Trying to Steal Christmas Tree
An Ansonia firefighter was struck by a vehicle on Friday, driven by a woman accused of trying to steal a Christmas tree. Police said the incident happened at about 4:30 p.m. when a person tried to steal a Christmas tree from the Hilltop Hose Company.
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Florida: Two Daytone Beach Officers Hurt When Drunk Man Drove Through Accident Scene
A 33-year-old Tampa man sits in Volusia County Jail after Daytona Beach police say he drove right into an active traffic accident investigation while drunk and injured 2 officers. Another story can be found at: http://daytonanewsjournal.fl.newsmemory.com/publink.php?shareid=3c84cdec1
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Utah: Wrong-Way Driver Hits Trooper's Car
UHP said brief white-out conditions contributed to several slide-offs and four crashes in the canyon around 6:15 p.m. Monday. During the storm, troopers received word of a Cadillac driving the wrong way in traffic. That vehicle came upon a trooper who was already attending to jack-knifed semitrailer. The trooper had his red and blue patrol car lights on. The man hit the "front driver quarter panel to front driver quarter panel and then sideswiped the side of the trooper's vehicle before eventually stopping," the UHP stated. Another story can be found at: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865618355/UHP-trooper-hit-in-snowstorm.htm
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Mississippi" Lee County Deputy Struck by Car
Lee County deputies were conducting a roadside safety checkpoint on Highway 371 near Mooreville, when a vehicle driven by 45-year-old Audonus D. Taylor, of Fulton, struck one of the deputies after failing to stop for officers at the checkpoint.
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New Jersey: Caught on Cam: Officer Nearly Hit During Traffic Stop
A police officer in Atlantic County, New Jersey, came within inches of being hit by an out-of-control car during a traffic stop over the weekend. The close call was caught by his cruiser's dashboard camera. Mullica Township Patrolman Erik Carricarte and his partner, Patrolman Michael Jamerson, had just pulled over two other drivers along the White Horse Pike around 4 a.m. Saturday when a blue Mazda sedan slammed into their patrol car. The driver was suspected to be drunk.
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Washington State Patrol Detectives Seek Witnesses to I-5 Collision
On Dec. 21 at approximately 8:55 pm, a Washington State Patrol trooper attempted to stop two vehicles that were racing NB I-5 (express lanes)/South of Northgate. As the trooper turned from the mainline of I-5 to the express lanes, his patrol vehicle struck a light pole. The light pole separated from the base and fell on the main line on NB I-5. During the investigation, a different state trooper, who had just exited his vehicle, was struck by a gold, Honda Accord. The driver of that vehicle fled the scene in his car but was later stopped and arrested for Reckless Driving, DUI and felony Hit and Run near Northgate Way and 1st Ave.