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Struck By Incidents

News stories about struck-by-vehicle incidents involving emergency responders and/or their vehicles.

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  • DUI Crash on Rt 22 March 18, 2012 · Pennsylvania Other

    An Alburtis man suspected of drunken driving struck a Whitehall Township emergency vehicle while personnel were attempting to close down a section of Route 22 at 15th Street because of a previous fatal accident Sunday.

  • Maryland Police seek Cambridge Man They say Aimed Car at Officer March 18, 2012 · Maryland Law Enforcement

    Man pulled over for traffic stop said to accelerate toward police officer, who incurred injuries

  • Injured Tennesse Highway Patrol Trooper Honored by State Lawmakers March 15, 2012 · Tennessee Law Enforcement

    Tennessee lawmakers have passed a resolution honoring a THP trooper who was critically injured in an accident on Tuesday.

  • Orlando Trucker Accused of Smashing Rig Into Tennessee Trooper's Cruiser March 15, 2012 · Florida Law Enforcement

    Tennessee authorities are asking federal transportation officials to investigate a truck driver whose rig struck a Tennessee Highway Patrol cruiser.

  • Australian Officer Struck March 14, 2012 · Other Law Enforcement

    A Toowoomba police officer was dragged by a moving vehicle last night while investigating recent cash register stealing offences. Police were making inquires in Barry St about 7pm when a man and a woman arrived in a stolen 2006 gold Ford sedan with registration number 727 JBG.

  • Knoxville Police Department: Tennesse Trooper Rescued From I-40 Crash as Flames Consumed Cruiser March 14, 2012 · Tennessee Law Enforcement

    A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper struck by a passing flatbed rig on Interstate 40 early today was freed from the wreckage with mere seconds to spare before his cruiser burst into flames, according to one of his rescuers. Knoxville Police Department officers Andrew Keith and Steve Taylor happened upon the scene immediately after the truck slammed into THP Sgt. Lowell Russell's parked cruiser on the shoulder of the westbound lanes near Walker Springs Road at 2:50 a.m.

  • Memphis, TN Officer Struck While Directing Traffic March 14, 2012 · Tennessee Law Enforcement

    A Memphis police officer directing traffic suffered a foot injury on Monday when hit by a vehicle on Hollywood north of Poplar, according to police.

  • Iowa Officer Not Hurt After Being Hit by Suspect’s Car March 13, 2012 · Iowa Law Enforcement

    A Cedar Rapids Police officer escaped injury when a woman hit him with her car Sunday afternoon.

  • North Carolina Volunteer Firefighter Hit By Van That Drove Through Detour March 13, 2012 · North Carolina Fire

    A firefighter was hit by a car while responding to a wreck involving an overturned tractor trailer on Highway 52 North near Moore-RJR Drive early Monday morning. According to the King Fire Department, around 5 am a car drove through a coned off area sideswiping a fire department car and then hitting a volunteer firefighter.

  • Florida Police Officer in Hospital's Trauma Unit After Vehicle Slammed Into His Cruiser March 12, 2012 · Florida Law Enforcement

    A Jacksonville Sheriff's officer was in his cruiser near the intersection of West Sixth and Whitner streets when it was struck by a car about 3 a.m. Monday, police said. The officer sustained possibly serious injuries but was not critical, according to detective B.M. Blaquiere of the traffic homicide unit.