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Kentucky Officer is Struck and Killed
Last week, Lexington police officer Bryan Durman told his wife Brandy that he was concerned because motorists weren't exercising caution when driving near officers conducting police work on the roadside. Durman, 27, was killed by a motorist Thursday while responding to a call on North Limestone. "I think it was a premonition," his mother Margaret Durman said in an interview Friday.
Utah Deputy Dies in Fall From I-70 Bridge
Just a day after celebrating his 36th birthday, Aguilar was tragically killed Thursday while helping a woman who had crashed on icy Interstate 70. As he waited by the driver's door, another vehicle went out of control, careening toward the officer. Aguliar fell nearly 250 feet off Fish Creek Bridge about 11 p.m. Authorities did know whether he was struck by the vehicle or was trying to get out of the way.
Texas Tow Truck Driver Dies After Eastland County Wreck
An tow truck driver died Wednesday at a Fort Worth hospital after he was struck by a pickup truck while trying to remove a wrecked pickup on Interstate 20 in Eastland County.