Struck By Incidents
News stories about struck-by-vehicle incidents involving emergency responders and/or their vehicles.
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Michigan State Trooper Injured While Clearing Accident
State police officials said State Police Trooper Jack Neveau was in his vehicle at the time, parked in a closed left lane of northbound Interstate 75 when Amanda Mullen and her passenger, a minor, crashed into his vehicle and then a nearby tow truck.
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Canadian Tow Truck Driver Injured in Crash That Kills Lawyer
A south bound passenger vehicle drifted onto the south bound shoulder and struck the rear of a flat-bed tow truck that was parked on the paved shoulder. The tow truck operator was treated for minor injuries and released.
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Michigan Tow Truck Driver has Narrow Escape in Crash
A tow truck driver escaped injury by scrambling over a highway median moments before a car crashed into the rear of his truck and a police patrol car Saturday on Interstate 75 in Bridgeport Township.
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Alabama Trooper Hit by Alleged Drunk Driver
An Alabama State Trooper is recovering after a late night crash in Dothan. The accident happened at 11:55pm Wednesday.
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Maryland Police Officer Shoots, Wounds Three at End of Chase
A Prince George's County police officer shot and wounded three men -- one of them critically -- in the parking lot behind the county courthouse Wednesday night after the men drove a van toward the officer's partner at the end of a pursuit, authorities said.
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Texas Construction Worker Struck by Car Thursday in South Lubbock
A construction worker was hit by a car Thursday afternoon near Melonie Square, near 80th and Indiana.
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California Repo Rage: Man Rams Tow Truck, Holes Up in Home
A California man, infuriated that his car was being repossessed, rammed the repo man's tow truck with his vehicle, then ran inside a home where he's been holed up for more than eight hours.
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Canadian Officer Struck in British Columbia
A police officer has been struck by a vehicle on Highway 99.
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Florida Highway Worker Hit on Palmetto Expressway
A sub-contractor working for the Florida Department of Transportation was hit by a car Wednesday morning on the Palmetto Expressway.
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Questions Unanswered in New Jersey Trooper's Death
More than two months after New Jersey State Police Trooper Marc K. Castellano was struck down by a motor vehicle on Interstate 195 during a police search, authorities are still not ready to release the details of the accident that took his life.