Struck By Incidents
News stories about struck-by-vehicle incidents involving emergency responders and/or their vehicles.
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Friend Recalls Nebraska Tow Truck Operator Being Hit
The owner of a tow truck company thought his coworker and friend was dead after being struck by a car on Sunday near Fremont. It now appears Henry Chillingworth, 64, is going to recover.
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New Jersey State Trooper Injured in Rear-End Collision on Route 54
A New Jersey state trooper suffered minor injuries Tuesday evening when someone rear-ended his patrol car while he investigated an accident on Route 54 in Buena Vista Township, State Police said.
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Truck Driver Accused of Sideswiping Wisconsin Emergency Vehicle
The Wisconsin State Patrol has issued a citation to a 27-year-old New Berlin man accusing him of driving his semitrailer truck too fast for weather conditions and failing to move over, or shift one lane, from an emergency vehicle in a collision during last Tuesday's snow storm, Police Chief Peter Hoell said.
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Memphis, Tennessee Police Officer Struck by Car
A Memphis police officer was struck by a vehicle while responding to a traffic accident Monday afternoon at I-40 and Warford.
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Woman Who Hit Minnesota State Trooper While Drunk Identified
Keena M. Wells, 37, has been arrested for DWI in the fourth degree and no proof of insurance.
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Car Veers into Paramedics Working Crash Scene; Florida Firefighter Seriously Injured
An Orange County firefighter and four other people were seriously injured Sunday when a car veered into an existing accident scene as emergency personnel were trying to treat an injured patient.
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Texas Police Officer Struck by Truck in Downtown Dallas
The parties surrounding NBA All-Star Weekend went on until the wee hours Sunday morning. Traffic was heavy in downtown Dallas. A Dallas police sergeant directing traffic was hit by a truck at Jackson Street and South Pearl Expressway around 2:30 a.m.
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Woman Strikes Illinois Police Officer
A Back of the Yards neighborhood woman has been charged with three felonies, two misdemeanors and issued six traffic tickets after she allegedly struck an officer with a vehicle following a chase and crash early Saturday on the Southwest Side.
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West Virginia Deputy Injured After Hit-and-Run
47-year-old area man arrested and charged with fleeing while DUI
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Colorado Man Shot, Deputy Injured
An Elizabeth man shot by Douglas County Sheriff’s deputy was still hospitalized Monday, but the deputy he hit with his car during a traffic stop has been released from the hospital.