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NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports for "Motor Vehicle - Struck-by" Incidents
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Michigan Auxiliary Police Officer Struck and Killed on I-94
Lt. Dan Kromer, 54, an auxiliary officer in Taylor for about 20 years, had pulled over onto the shoulder of westbound I-94 at Monroe just before 9 p.m. Tuesday to help a driver with engine trouble when he was struck by a passing vehicle.
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Worker Struck, Killed in Ohio Construction Zone
A construction worker has been struck and killed while on the job along an interstate highway in Ohio. The State Highway Patrol says 41-year-old Randy Roginski was hit by a passing vehicle late Tuesday night. He'd been standing on the right shoulder alongside a single lane of traffic open on Interstate 271 just north of I-77 near Richfield, 17 miles south of Cleveland in northeast Ohio.
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Southern Mississippi Sheriff Dies After Arrest Attempt
A sheriff in southern Mississippi died Wednesday after being struck by a vehicle while trying to make an arrest on a road near the Alabama state line, officials said. George County Sheriff Garry Welford was pronounced dead at 4:23 p.m. after being airlifted to the University of South Alabama Medical Center in Mobile, District Attorney Tony Lawrence said in a news release.
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Wisconsin Adopt a Highway Volunteer Struck, Killed in Brown County
A 70-year-old Adopt a Highway volunteer was struck and killed by a vehicle Wednesday evening U.S. Highway 41 in Brown County, according to the State Patrol. The driver was traveling southbound on Highway 41 when it lost control and fatally struck the 70-year-old man about 6:30 p.m
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Oklahoma Construction Workers Hit, Killed By Car on I-40 Near Yukon
Forty-eight-year-old Salvador Hernandez and his nephew 20-year-old Jose Hernandez were killed by a passing vehicle in a construction zone along I-40 just west of Yukon.
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Third California Highway Patrol Officer Dies of Struck By Injuries
The Templeton CHP Officer who was critically injured Sunday night after being hit by a car in Paso Robles and later died at an area hospital, is the fifth California Highway Patrol officer to die in the line of duty in two months. 47-year-old Officer Brett Oswald, who is a 21-year veteran of the force, was investigating an abandoned car on South River Road when the accident happened.
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Las Vegas Teen Charged with Vehicular Manslaughter After Hitting CHP Officer
Las Vegas teen charged with vehicular manslaughter after hitting CHP officer.
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Memorial For CHP Officer Set For Wednesday
A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer killed after making a Los Angeles freeway traffic stop will be eulogized during a public memorial Wednesday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
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Massachusetts State Trooper Remembered at Funeral in Brockton
Family, friends and thousands of officers on Wednesday attended the funeral for a state police trooper killed in the line of duty. The funeral Mass for Sgt. Douglas Weddleton was held at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Brockton.
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Massachusetts Trooper's Fmily Speaks Out, Driver Posts Bail
The family of a Massachusetts state trooper killed on duty released their first statement on Monday, as a second driver allegedly connected to the incident posted bail.