Struck By Incidents
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Brookfield, Wisconsin Woman Charged With Hit-andRun of Police Officer
A 51-year-old Brookfield woman was charged Monday with hit-and-run related to a December incident that sent a Brookfield police officer to a hospital with numerous injuries.
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Car Crashes Into Florida Fire Station
A man who crashed his vehicle into the St. Augustine Fire Station off Anastasia Boulevard around 4 a.m. Sunday took out the station's flag pole, but didn't do much damage or hurt any firefighters, according to Assistant Fire Chief John Rayno.
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Massachusetts Trooper Injured While Enforcing Law Meant to Protect Him
State Trooper Corey Rose was injured on Route 24 Saturday while trying to enforce a law designed specifically to protect him. Rose was sitting in his cruiser when it was struck from behind by an alleged drunken driver. Twenty-two-year old Fatima Baptista, of Brockton, who had been pulled over by Rose, said Rose stopped her because she did not follow the “Move Over Law.”
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California Highway Patrol Officer Hit by Minivan While Directing Vineman Triathalon Traffic
A CHP officer was struck by a minivan in Windsor Sunday morning as he directed traffic during the Vineman triathalon. Sgt. Mack Lewis, a 20-year veteran of the force, was waving traffic through the intersection of Aviation and Airport boulevards when he was knocked to the ground, striking his head on the pavement, according to CHP Officer Jonathan Sloat.
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Maryland Police Car Struck While Investigating Accident
A state trooper vehicle was struck by a car early Sunday morning. The state trooper was investigating an accident that had occurred early Sunday morning.
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Massachusetts State Police Zero in on Car That Struck Trooper in Peabody
In the wake of a fourth Massachusetts State Trooper being struck by a vehicle over the weekend, new light has been shed on the July 4 hit and run crash that injured trooper Sean McGarry on Route 128 south in Peabody.
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Illinois Police Officer Hits Suspect With Shot
A suspect in car break-ins was shot by a Collinsville police officer and another man was injured in a crash following a police pursuit Saturday afternoon.
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Fourth Massachusetts State Trooper in a Month Hit on Saturday
Brockton resident Fatima Baptista had just taken the on-ramp from Route 140 onto Route 24, heading north. It was early Saturday morning, there was a driver in front of her, and she didn’t see or move over for the state trooper who’d pulled a car over just north of the interchange.
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Hawaiian Officer Struck By Truck, Injured
An officer, investigating a report of shots fired, was injured in Maui after a pickup struck him.
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Oregon Driver Hit With DUI After Hitting Two Tigard Police Cars
A 47-year-old Tigard woman faces charges of driving while intoxicated after the car she was driving collided with a Tigard police car late Friday night on Pacific Highway near Johnson Street.