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• York County, Pennsylvania Fire Chief Killed by Drunk Driver While Directing Traffic at Crash

  The Loganville Fire Company lost their chief early Saturday morning when he was killed in the line of duty. Fire Chief Rodney Miller was at Exit 8, the Glen Rock exit of Interstate 83, directing traffic off of the interstate. This was to land a helicopter on the highway to transport someone injured in an earlier accident. Miller had his vehicle parked in the southbound lanes with its emergency lights on. Matthew Diehl, 32 of Shrewsbury, was driving a white Chevrolet Trail blazer when he moved into the right lane to go around Chief Miller’s vehicle. Diehl struck Miller and then kept going until he came to the backlog of vehicles on the highway. Miller was transported to York Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Other stories may be found at: http://fox43.com/2013/04/27/loganville-fire-chief-killed-while-directing-traffic/#axzz2Rnz7Pkak http://www.ydr.com/crime/ci_23123347/loganville-volunteer-fire-chief-rodney-miller-remembered http://www.ydr.com/local/ci_23123719/community-honoring-loganville-fire-chief-rodney-miller http://www.yorkdispatch.com/ci_23126457/its-brotherhood http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/news/fullstory/newsid/186312

• Texas Deputy Struck and Killed

  Deputies say one of their own is dead after being struck by a suspected drunk driver on Highway 82 while on duty on Saturday night. Chad Key died when a car hit him while he was directing traffic around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday night at the intersection of Highway 82 and Bethany Road, east of Sherman, Sheriff's Office Lt. Rickey Wheeler said.

• Texas Wrecker Driver Killed in Crash

  A wrecker driver died while working to tow a stalled vehicle. The accident happened about 11:20 p.m. Friday April 5, 20913 in the center lane of the Southwest Freeway near Fountain View. Investigators said the flatbed wrecker truck pulled up behind a woman and her male passenger as they sat in their stalled Toyota Corolla Authorities said secondary wrecker stopped behind them in order to set up a protective barricade for the two vehicles. The passenger got out of the car and stood on the side of the freeway. The driver was trying to climb out through the passenger door as the flatbed operator was getting in on the driver's side. That's when a white pick-up truck drove around the barricade and slammed into the back of the flatbed wrecker, causing it to crush the Corolla, police said. The flatbed operator was still sitting inside was pinned inside the vehicle, investigators said.