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NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports for "Motor Vehicle - Struck-by" Incidents
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New Jersey Crossing Guard Killed by Car is Fondly Remembered
When Joseph Dotterman became a crossing guard in his retirement, the doting, caring man seemed to embody the job.He never let a family member out of the house during nasty weather without telling them to be safe in their travels, and on the job, he told even adults to put on a hat in cold weather. Dotterman, 73, died at Hackensack University Medical Center on Saturday, three days after he was hit by a van while he was on-duty, crossing a man at the intersection of Mehrhof Road at Washington Avenue in Little Ferry.
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NJ DOT Employee Struck and Killed While Helping Motorist
Both the striking motorist and the DOT employee were rushed to a nearby hospital. The motorist remains in serious condition. Joseph Kealey the DOT employee later died
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Vermont Firefighter Dies Helping Stranded Motorist
A Shoreham firefighter died in the line of duty while helping a fellow resident whose vehicle had slid into a ditch off an icy Richville Dam Road on Sunday, Dec. 27.
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Off Duty VT Firefighter Struck and Killed While Rendering Aid
Last night December 27,2009,a Vermont Volunteer Firefighter was killed while helping at the scene of a car crash. There was heavy fog and the roads were icy when a car slid off the road into a ditch.
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Missouri trooper Struck by Motorist on I-44 Dies
A trooper with the Missouri State Highway Patrol was killed on Christmas after being struck by a vehicle along I-44 in Eureka.
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South Carolina Tow Truck Driver Struck and Killed
A Columbia man faces several charges, including felony driving under the influence, after a chain-reaction traffic accident early Sunday that killed a tow truck operator.
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Massachusetts Highway Worker Killed
State police say one person has died and at least one other person has been hospitalized after a car crash at a work site on Route 3 in Chelmsford. It happened in the northbound lanes just south of Exit 32 around 10:30 a.m. Two vehicles and a work crew were involved the accident.
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Minn. Deputy Killed While Directing Traffic
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Mike Wilken, 56, of Newport,Minnesota was on traffic duty for the event when a vehicle driven by a "common Joe Citizen" struck him at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday October 24, 2009 near the intersection of White Bear Avenue and Frost Avenue. Wilken suffered multiple critical injuries and was taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, where he died early Sunday morning.
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MA Officer Laid to Rest
A Weymouth. Massachusetts police officer who died after being struck by a car while working a construction detail is being laid to rest.
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Weymouth, Massachusetts Officer Struck and Killed on Traffic Detail
There are renewed calls Tuesday morning to the change the Massachusetts driving laws. This after a Weymouth Police officer was hit and killed Monday morning.