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NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports for "Motor Vehicle - Struck-by" Incidents
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Off Duty VT Firefighter Struck and Killed While Rendering Aid
Last night December 27,2009,a Vermont Volunteer Firefighter was killed while helping at the scene of a car crash. There was heavy fog and the roads were icy when a car slid off the road into a ditch.
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Missouri trooper Struck by Motorist on I-44 Dies
A trooper with the Missouri State Highway Patrol was killed on Christmas after being struck by a vehicle along I-44 in Eureka.
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South Carolina Tow Truck Driver Struck and Killed
A Columbia man faces several charges, including felony driving under the influence, after a chain-reaction traffic accident early Sunday that killed a tow truck operator.
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Massachusetts Highway Worker Killed
State police say one person has died and at least one other person has been hospitalized after a car crash at a work site on Route 3 in Chelmsford. It happened in the northbound lanes just south of Exit 32 around 10:30 a.m. Two vehicles and a work crew were involved the accident.
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Minn. Deputy Killed While Directing Traffic
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Mike Wilken, 56, of Newport,Minnesota was on traffic duty for the event when a vehicle driven by a "common Joe Citizen" struck him at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday October 24, 2009 near the intersection of White Bear Avenue and Frost Avenue. Wilken suffered multiple critical injuries and was taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, where he died early Sunday morning.
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MA Officer Laid to Rest
A Weymouth. Massachusetts police officer who died after being struck by a car while working a construction detail is being laid to rest.
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Weymouth, Massachusetts Officer Struck and Killed on Traffic Detail
There are renewed calls Tuesday morning to the change the Massachusetts driving laws. This after a Weymouth Police officer was hit and killed Monday morning.
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MA Officer Struck and Killed While Working a Traffic Detail
A Weymouth police officer working a traffic detail was struck and killed today by an elderly driver who pinned the Iraq vet under a pick-up truck.
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Virginia Tow Truck Driver Killed
A tow truck driver was killed when he was struck by a pickup truck while assisting a motorist on I-64 in Newport News. The accident happened at 8:24 p.m. Sunday near Victory Boulevard.
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Police Officer Killed at Accident Scene in UK
A police officer died after he was struck by a vehicle as he tried to set up diversions at the scene of an accident.