Struck By Incidents
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Florida Trooper in Hit and Run Released From Hospital
A trooper is home from the hospital after a hit and run. Theodore Mena, 53, was released from Memorial Regional Hospital, Monday.
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Missouri Tow Trucker Driver Injured When Car Slams Into Tow Truck
A tow truck driver trying to clear an accident got into one himself overnight. According to Police, the tow truck driver was removing a vehicle from an accident at Gravois and Ellenwood in south St. Louis around 12:30am Tuesday. A car with no headlights hit the side of the tow truck.
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Ohio Trooper's Cruiser Rammed by Suspected Drunken Driver
An Ohio Highway Patrol trooper escaped injury early Sunday when a drunken driver slammed into his parked cruiser near Dressler Road and Belden Village Street NW, investigators said.
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Unoccupied Michigan Deputy Vehicle Struck on Highway
An Ottawa County sheriff’s patrol vehicle was struck Monday by a driver traveling too fast for icy conditions on I-96 near Tallmadge Township, police said.
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Iowa Man Who Tried to Run Down Deputy Gets Five Years
A Maquoketa man who tried to run down a Clinton County Sheriff’s deputy after a traffic stop turned sour in March near DeWitt will serve up to five years at a Davenport facility.
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Maryland Officer Who Died in Crash Distracted by Film Crew
A Baltimore police officer who was killed in October when his cruiser slammed into the back of a fire engine was speeding at 71 mph and most likely was distracted by a film crew on the opposite side of a highway, the final investigative report concludes.
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Missouri Tow Truck Driver Recovering After Being Struck by Vehicle
A tow truck driver is hospitalized after being struck by a car at the intersection of Gravois and Ellenwood early Tuesday morning.
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Pennsylvania Bicycle Officer Hit by Vehicle
A Pittsburgh city police bicycle officer was injured when he was struck by a vehicle this afternoon.
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St. Louis County, Missouri Man Charged with Hitting Tow Truck Driver
Prosecutors today charged a St. Louis County man in an early morning crash that injured a city tow truck driver in St. Louis.
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Driver Tried to Hit Scottish Officer
A driver tried to mow down an officer and rammed a police car 50ft across a car park because he thought the officers chasing him could be carjackers.