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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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  • Texas Officer Struck by Vehicle While Directing Traffic November 30, 2011 · Texas Law Enforcement

    Police say an officer was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic in west Houston. The incident was initially reported as a major accident around 4:10 p.m. Monday in the 15500 block of Memorial Drive.

  • Newark Firefighter Struck by Car November 30, 2011 · New Jersey Fire

    A vehicle hit and injured a Newark firefighter at the scene of a sparking electrical wire Monday night. The firefighter suffered and arm or wrist fracture when he was struck. A driver swerved from behind a line of stopped vehicles and drove into the cordoned area, striking the firefighter.

  • Pennsylvania Officer Struck and Injured November 30, 2011 · Pennsylvania Law Enforcement

    Police have identified the driver who struck a Jim Thorpe police officer, who was directing traffic around a disabled car on Route 209 in Nesquehoning, police said. Charges are pending against the driver Robert Monroe, 51, of Albrightsville, who was taken into custody Wednesday evening, according to state police at Lehighton.

  • North Carolina Fire and Police Personnel Struck November 29, 2011 · North Carolina Fire Law Enforcement

    Two Black Mountain firefighters and a police officer were injured Monday while responding to a rush-hour wreck on I-40. The three were checking on a single-car accident when another vehicle hydroplaned into the police officer’s car with him inside, knocking it into the firefighters who were tending to the driver of the first car.

  • West Virginia Deputy Sheriff was Injured When He Was Hit by a Car November 27, 2011 · West Virginia Law Enforcement

    A Kanawha County deputy sheriff was injured when he was hit by a car and knocked over a guardrail.

  • Authorities Seek Driver That Hit Florida Deputy November 25, 2011 · Florida Law Enforcement

    A Polk County Sheriff's deputy escaped serious injury Thanksgiving afternoon after being hit by a vehicle. According to the sheriff's office, a search is on for the driver of extended cab pickup truck that struck Dep. Mark Hicks, who was directing traffic.

  • Florida Deputy Struck at Highway Accident Scene November 25, 2011 · Florida Law Enforcement

    A sheriff's deputy was injured by a hit-and-run driver while investigating a traffic crash in central Florida. Polk County Sheriff's spokeswoman Donna Wood says a truck hit the deputy and fled the accident scene on Thanksgiving afternoon.

  • Florida Highway Worker Killed in Struck-by Incident November 25, 2011 · Florida DOT

    On Thanksgiving Day, friends and former co-workers of a former volunteer firefighter who recently moved to Port Charlotte expressed shock and grief as they learned of his death in an accident the previous night on Interstate 75. Steven Arthur Morgan, 53, was working for a highway maintenance company when he was struck and killed and another man was injured in the wreck Wednesday evening.

  • Icy Spinout Injures New York Deputy in Close Call November 25, 2011 · New York Law Enforcement

    A Middleport man was charged with driving too fast for conditions after his car spun out of control Thursday morning and struck a parked Orleans County Sheriff’s Office patrol car with the deputy inside.

  • Maryland State Trooper Sustains Minor Injuries After Being Hit by Car November 25, 2011 · Maryland Law Enforcement

    A Maryland State Trooper is recovering at home Thursday after being struck by a car while attempting to make a traffic stop, state police said.