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NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports for "Motor Vehicle - Struck-by" Incidents
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Texas Volunteer Was Struck and Killed at Wildfire
Texas volunteer firefighter Gregory Simmons, 51, of Eastland apparently died after being struck by a vehicle after he fled a fire truck that was trapped in a wildfire-consumed pasture, a state trooper told The Associated Press on Sunday. Simmons was found on a rural roadside, but investigators are not yet sure if he was hit by a fire truck or car Friday as a 3,000-acre raging fire caused thick, black smoke, senior State Trooper Phillip "Sparky" Dean told AP.
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Texas Tow Truck Driver Struck And Killed On Highway 77
A tow truck driver was killed along Highway 77 this morning as he was trying to move a wrecked vehicle off the road. 24-year-old Christian Gutierrez was hit by a UPS 18-wheeler as he stood on the side of the road. The UPS driver kept going and later told Department of Public Safety troopers that he did not realize he had hit anyone. Gutierrez was pronounced dead at the scene, charges are pending against the UPS driver.
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Update; New York State Trooper Struck, Killed on I-290 in Tonawanda by Passing Motorist
A trooper who was writing a speeding ticket on an interstate highway was struck and killed Saturday by a passing motorist, state police said. Trooper Kevin Dobson, 43, was pronounced dead at a hospital soon after the 7:30 a.m. accident on Interstate 290 in Tonawanda, near Buffalo, said Deputy State Police Superintendent Thomas Fazio.
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New York State Trooper Killed During Traffic Stop
A 14-year veteran of the New York State Police has died. State Police say Trooper Kevin Dobson died Saturday morning after being struck by a vehicle while on a routine traffic stop. State Police say Dobson was hit on the I-290 Southbound around 7:30 a.m. just beyond the Colvin Boulevard exit. Police say Dobson was issuing a traffic ticket when he was struck and killed by a passing motorist. State Police ask anyone who may have witnessed the crash to call them at (716) 759-6831.
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Sleeping Firefighter Run Over by Fire Truck
A firefighter in the Overstrand region, in the Western Cape, has died after the fire engine under which he was sleeping drove over him. Harold Jacobs died while his crew members were battling raging fires in the Kleinmond area.
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Uniontown Police Officer Dies After Struck by SUV
Authorities in northeast Ohio said a police officer was fatally struck while directing morning rush-hour traffic at a busy intersection. The Summit County coroner's office said Uniontown police Capt. Daniel Stiles, 46, died at Akron City Hospital about three hours after the accident Tuesday morning.
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Nassau County Officer Killed by Truck in Expressway Crash
Officer Michael Califano, 44, was killed on Friday, Febuary 4, in a horrific car crash that left his cruiser crushed beneath a flatbed truck on the Long Island Expressway.
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Stolen Snow Plow Kills Toronto Police Officer
An 11-year veteran of the Toronto police department died in hospital Wednesday after being struck by a stolen truck equipped with a snowplow.
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Toronto Police Officer Killed by Stolen Snowplow
A Toronto police officer struck by a stolen snowplow early Wednesday morning is dead. The office of Mayor Rob Ford confirmed the death at about 9 a.m. Police say the officer suffered life-threatening injuries when the plow was deliberately driven at him.