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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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  • Maryland Officer Hit and Injured by Car February 2, 2012 · Maryland Law Enforcement

    A Maryland Heights police officer is in the hospital after being hit by a car overnight Friday. The accident happened at the Dave and Buster's on Riverport Drive. Police say the officer was working a secondary job as a security guard when he was struck.

  • Ohio Man Charged in Crash That Injured Michigan State Trooper to Stand Trial February 2, 2012 · Ohio Law Enforcement

    An Ohio man whose car struck a state police trooper last year, seriously injuring the trooper, will stand trial on a felony charge that could send him to prison for two years, officials said.

  • Pennsylvania State Police Looking for Vehicle That Struck Trooper February 2, 2012 · Pennsylvania Law Enforcement

    State police are searching for a vehicle that struck a state trooper who was picking up debris amid fast-moving traffic on a roadway in East Franklin, Armstrong County, this morning.

  • Pennsylvania State Trooper in Critical Condition After Hit-and-Run on Route 28 February 2, 2012 · Pennsylvania Law Enforcement

    State police in Kittanning say a state trooper was injured in a hit and run accident this morning in East Franklin Township.

  • Pennsylvania: Jim Thorpe Officer Struck While Directing Traffic February 2, 2012 · Pennsylvania Law Enforcement

    An Albrightsville man who on Nov. 30 allegedly struck a Jim Thorpe police officer with his car while the officer was engaged in traffic control, was in magistrate court Wednesday on other charges.

  • Huntsville, AL Police Officer Working Accident Has Car Hit by Tow Truck on Memorial Parkway February 2, 2012 · Alabama Law Enforcement Towing & Recovery

    A Huntsville police officer sitting in his car working another car accident this morning on the Memorial Parkway/Drake Avenue overpass was involved in a wreck involving the tow truck on the scene, according to Huntsville police.

  • Texas Deputy Constable Injured while Escorting Funeral February 2, 2012 · Texas Law Enforcement

    A deputy constable is recovering in a hospital after he was run over while escorting a funeral procession Thursday afternoon.

  • Georgia Officer Narrowly Avoids Being Struck by Car February 1, 2012 · Georgia Law Enforcement

    Atlanta police are stressing the importance of Georgia's so-called "move over law" after a police officer had to leap onto the median of a road to avoid being crushed by an oncoming car. Police say the near miss on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway happened Thursday, just two days after Senior Police Officer Gail Thomas was struck and killed on an interstate ramp while helping another officer at the scene of a crash.

  • Australia: Senior Officer Mowed Down by Stolen Police Car in Hit-Run January 31, 2012 · Other Law Enforcement

    A senior police officer was knocked down and run over by a stolen police car during a patrol stop that went horribly wrong.

  • Ohio Police Cruiser Struck on I-75 January 31, 2012 · Ohio Law Enforcement

    A Cincinnati police officer responding to a crash early Tuesday narrowly escaped injury when his cruiser was struck from behind by another vehicle, police said.