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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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  • Kentucky Deputy Struck By Car, Injured September 29, 2011 · Kentucky Law Enforcement

    A Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy injured at 8th and Jefferson streets outside the Juvenile Justice Center. The deputy had leg and ankle injuries and she is expected to be OK.

  • Shoplifter's Fleeing Car Strikes O'Fallon, Illinois, Officer on Hand September 29, 2011 · Illinois Other

    A police officer suffered minor injuries when he was hit by the side mirror of a fleeing Lincoln Town Car on the parking lot of a Walmart store on Monday night, police say.

  • Connecticut Trooper Hit by His Own Cruiser at Branford/East Haven Line September 27, 2011 · Connecticut Law Enforcement

    A state trooper was injured early Sunday on Interstate 95 northbound near the Branford/East Haven line when a vehicle struck the back of his cruiser, police said.

  • Georgia K-9 Struck by Van, Dies September 27, 2011 · Georgia Law Enforcement Other

    The Cobb Police S.T.E.P. Unit is investigating after a Marietta Police Department K-9 was struck and killed by a van Monday morning.

  • Bedford Heights, Ohio Officer Involved in Car Accident September 26, 2011 · Ohio Law Enforcement

    A Bedford Heights Police Officer was taken to the hospital after an accident on I-271 Monday afternoon. Police say the officer was in his cruiser completing an accident report in the northbound lanes just south of Rockside when a car struck him from behind.

  • Police ID Driver Of SUV That Hit Colorado Motorcycle Officer September 26, 2011 · Colorado Law Enforcement

    Thornton police say a motorcycle officer who was hit by a car on Interstate 25 faces a very long recovery. The officer had pulled over a driver for speeding near Thornton Parkway Saturday morning when an SUV ran into him. I-25 was shut down for about four hours.

  • Thornton, Colorado Cop-Crash Suspect no Stranger to Crime September 26, 2011 · Colorado Law Enforcement

    The man suspected of rear-ending a Thornton motorcycle police officer Saturday is in trouble with police for the fourth time this year, court records show.

  • Connecticut Trooper Struck by Car September 25, 2011 · Connecticut Law Enforcement

    A state trooper was struck by a car while conducting a motor vehicle stop on I-95 Northbound early Sunday morning. Police say the incident took place between exits 51 and 53 in Branford while the trooper was standing by a car he pulled over.

  • Ohio Officer Injured September 25, 2011 · Ohio Law Enforcement

    An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper has been Life Flighted to MetroHealth Medical Center after being seriously injured in a car accident Saturday afternoon on the Ohio Turnpike. OSP says Trooper Kenneth Collins was on a traffic stop when his patrol car was struck from behind. The car that hit Trooper Collins vehicle then struck two other cars.

  • Ohio Trooper Released from Hospital After Car Strikes Cruiser September 25, 2011 · Ohio Law Enforcement

    A state trooper was injured when a Hiram woman drove into the rear of his patrol car during a traffic stop Saturday on the Ohio Turnpike. The trooper was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. He is being released this afternoon. The other three drivers were taken to Akron City Hospital with injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening, Ruddle said.