Struck By Incidents
News stories about struck-by-vehicle incidents involving emergency responders and/or their vehicles.
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Tribune/WGN-TV Report Lauded in Illinois Crash Arrest
Authorities are crediting a Tribune/WGN-TV investigation with helping them catch an Indiana driver accused of seriously injuring a highway worker and then evading justice.
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A Tennessee Deputy Struck By Car
A Monroe County Sheriff's deputy suffered minor injuries Saturday night when a truck pinned him between its door and the pavement.
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Illinois Police Open Fire When Officer Is Hit By Car
A police officer and another person were injured early Tuesday when they were hit by a car on Elm Street near the Hangge-Uppe nightclub. Police fired shots afterward.
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Washingtom Man Charged With Crash That Left Another Man Paralyzed
A man has been charged with vehicular assault after his vehicle left the roadway and struck a man who was fueling a car on the shoulder, said King County prosecuting attorney Dan Satterberg.
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Michigan Masons Hosting Benefit for Deputy Injured by Fleeing Man
The Olive Branch Masonic Lodge in Dearborn is hosting a fundraiser at 6 p.m. May 1 for a Wayne County sheriff’s deputy who was struck with his own patrol car March 14 while pursuing 32-year-old Jeffery Lamar Jones of Dearborn Heights.
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Officer Nearly Struck During Delaware Traffic Stop
A New Castle County Police say an officer was nearly struck by a car fleeing a traffic stop.
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One Held Held in Illinois Incident After Mercedes Hits Cop, Citizen
A Chicago police officer is hospitalized in serious condition after a Mercedes struck him and the person he was interviewing, prompting officers to shoot at the driver, who was arrested early Tuesday on the city's Near North Side. The incident began about 3 a.m. when a Mercedes was driving past 10 W. Elm St. where a police officer was conducting a traffic stop and either searching or interviewing a person outside, according to a police. The Mercedes then struck the officer and the other person, possibly dragging one of the them for a short distance, prompting the officer's partner to fire shots at the car, according to police.
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United Kingdom 'Getaway' Van Hits Police Officer in Aylesbury
A police officer suffered serious injuries when she was hit by a van believed to have been used in a burglary in Buckinghamshire
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Canadian Parking Officer Hit by Streetcar
A parking enforcement officer is in hospital after he was hit by a streetcar on St. Clair Avenue West near Deer Park
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Connecticut State Trooper Nearly Struck by I-95 Driver
A state trooper had to exercise fast reflexes Saturday morning to evade serious injury on Interstate 95 in Guilford while ticketing a driver.