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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Oklahoma Police Officer Killed In Crash After Pushing Man To Safety

    An off-duty Department of Defense and Nolanville reserve police officer died in a highway crash Tuesday night, moments after he pushed another man out of the path of an oncoming car.

  • One Firefighter Killed and Another Critically Injured in Struck By

    Officials this afternoon have revealed the identity of the Columbia firefighter who died Saturday after being struck by a car while responding to a brush fire on I-20. The firefighter named was Chance Hyatt Zobel, 23, a three-year veteran of the fire department with Engine Co. No. 4 stationed at Spears Creek Church Road.

  • South Carolina Firefighter Struck and Killed

    Richland County Coroner Gary Watts along with Interim Columbia Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins said Sunday that Chance Hyatt Zobel was the Columbia-Richland Firefighter who lost his life in the line of duty. Another firefighter remains in critical condition after a vehicle accident on I-20 Saturday afternoon. Firefighter Larry Kewon Irvin was also struck and is in critical condition at a local hospital.

  • Pennsylvania Worker Struck, Killed By SUV In York County

    A worker was struck and killed by a vehicle in York Township Friday morning. The accident happened at a Columbia Gas work site in the 2400 block of South George Street, police said. An Isuzu Trooper struck the flagman. George Waltemyer, 85, was taken to the hospital, where he later died.

  • Rookie Texas Officer Struck and Killed by Suspected Drunken Driver

    Rookie San Antonio, Texas Officer Sergio Antillo was struck and killed by a suspected drunken driver on Friday morning, October 29.

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