Struck By Incidents
News stories about struck-by-vehicle incidents involving emergency responders and/or their vehicles.
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Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Struck by Car Near Primm
An NHP Trooper was reportedly struck by a car while investigating an accident along the I-15 South and Mile Marker 9 near Primm, Nevada.
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Latest Massachusetts Crash Spotlights Drunk Drivers
In July, the head of the State Police stood in front of a cruiser that had been crumpled by a suspected drunk driver to announce a crackdown on impaired motorists.
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Maryland State Trooper Struck by Passing Vehicle
A Maryland State Police Trooper was struck on the arm by a passing vehicle on I-495 at River Road just after 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to Montgomery County Fire and EMS.
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Ohio Officer Assaulted outside Rogers High School
A Toledo police officer was assaulted by a man accused of accelerating his car while the officer was reaching toward him through an open window of his vehicle, police said.
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Baltimore Officer Dies After Cruiser Crashes Into Fire Truck
City police officials said an officer whose cruiser hit a fire truck Wednesday morning has died from his injuries. Officer Thomas Portz, 32, who served in the western district, went into cardiac arrest on the way to Shock Trauma and died shortly thereafter.
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Baltimore Officer Injured by Rear-Ending Fire Pumper
A Baltimore City Police officer was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma this morning after his vehicle rear ended a fire engine stopped on the 400 block of N. Gilmor Street while responding to a call.
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CHP Officer Injured in California Toll-Road Collision
A CHP officer was injured Tuesday after his vehicle was struck by car at the scene of an earlier collision on the northbound 241 toll road. The officer was at the scene of an accident on the 241 at Santiago Canyon Road a little after 4:40 p.m. when his car was struck, CHP officer Gabe Montoya said.
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Maryland State Trooper Chases Down Car That Hit Him
A car struck a Maryland State Trooper tonight on the outer loop of the Beltway near River Road then fled the scene. It happened shortly after 7:30 pm. The trooper was on the scene of a minor three car crash when he was hit. Police say the trooper rolled off the hood of the car then got back in his cruiser to chase the driver.
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Ohio Police Officer Hurt in Crash Honored as 'Hero'
Lt. John Lambert of the Brooklyn Heights police department does not remember the accident that could have killed him and a motorist he was helping in February.
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Missouri Officer Hurt, Suspect Dead in North St. Louis County
An undercover St. Louis County police officer was injured and a drug suspect was fatally shot Tuesday night at an apartment complex near Interstate 270 and Old Halls Ferry Road.