Struck By Incidents
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Injured Jackson, Mississippi Officer Identified
JPD spokeswoman Colendula Green said Officer Almeia Bolden, 23, was standing outside her patrol car assisting a tow truck with a wrecked vehicle around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.
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Proper Blocking Saves Lives at Illinois Highway Incident
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Palatine, IL Engine 82 was dispatched for a report of an accident on Southbound Interstate 290/Route 53. On the scene, Engine 82 positioned the apparatus to block the road including the inside shoulder protecting crews working downstream. It was a few minutes later that a vehicle traveling Southbound, too fast for conditions, lost control and struck the engine on the drivers side and was wedged between the engine and the jersey barriers on the inside shoulder. The damage to that vehicle was extensive.
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Pennsylvania Fire Policeman Injured
Police say 71-year-old Richard Lease of Hanover was attempting to turn around a 1999 Freightliner School Bus on Route 234 at 7:24 p.m. when the bus struck 63-year-old pedestrian Gary Bullock, a fire policeman who was responding to Livingston and Bower’s accident.
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Texas Deputy's Car Struck by Wrong-Way Driver
A Brazos County constable's deputy was treated and released from St. Joseph Regional Health Center on Wednesday after he was struck by another driver while in his patrol car.
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Woman Allegedly Tried to Hit Wisconsin Officer With SUV
A 32-year-old woman has been arrested after allegedly trying to run an officer over with a stolen police vehicle.
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Australian Policewoman Struck by Hit-Run Driver on Geelong Ring Road
A POLICEWOMAN is in hospital after she was struck by a hit-run driver on the Geelong ring road. The Corio police constable, 35, had pulled over a truck for a routine check on a south-bound stretch of the ring road near Ballarat Rd shortly after 1.10pm yesterday when she was hit.
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Elderly Florida Driver Blacked Out Before Striking Polk Deputy
An elderly driver says he blacked out shortly before his vehicle struck and killed a Polk County sheriff's deputy on Sunday.
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Mississippi Officer Directing Traffic Struck by Vehicle
A Jackson police officer is recovering at the University of Mississippi Medical Center after being hit Tuesday night while directing traffic.
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Canadian Tow-Truck Driver Hit by Vehicle
A 52-year-old man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a vehicle hit him Sunday evening, Peterborough County OPP said.
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Massachusetts Trooper's Cruiser Struck in Woburn
A state trooper has been hospitalized after being hit by a car while manning a construction site in Woburn last night. The trooper was inside his cruiser when he was hit on route 93 south.