Struck By Incidents
News stories about struck-by-vehicle incidents involving emergency responders and/or their vehicles.
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APPEALS COURT REVERSES RULING ON TROOPER’S INSURANCE CLAIM; QUINCY MUTUAL COULD BE LIABLE FOR $1M CLAIM
Reversing a lower court ruling, the state Appeals Court has sent the insurance claim for a brain-damaged state trooper back for a full hearing in Plymouth County Superior Court.Friday’s decision leaves Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Co. potentially liable for as much as $1 million in claims by former trooper and Marshfield native Ellen Engelhardt, who was permanently disabled when a drunken driver rammed her cruiser on Route 25 in Wareham in July 2003.
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BICYCLE OFFICER FILES LAWSUIT FOR INJURIES IN HIT AND RUN
An Austin bicycle officer filed a civil lawsuit Friday against a UT student who hit him while on patrol. It happened on 6th Street in February 2006. Bike Patrol Officer Thomas Hugonnett answered a call about a car going the wrong way.