Struck By Incidents
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Delaware Police Officer Injured in Crash
A police officer has been seriously injured after a freak accident on the beat.
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Icy Bridges Send Vehicles Out-of-Control; Alabama Fire Chief Injured
A red dump truck struck a white Ford Explorer and dragged it down an embankment on Interstate 85 near Hamilton Road this morning after they hit an icy patch on the road.
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Massachusetts Man Locked Up For Assaulting Firefighters Who Were Clearing Snow Covered Hydrants
Police have charged an Arlington man who struck a FF with his vehicle Friday after becoming upset about snow being shoveled from around a fire hydrant to the sidewalk in front of his home. Citizen Leo Najarian, 59, has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, failure to stop for police and negligent operation of a vehicle. Firefighters were shoveling the snow from around the fire hydrants in the area when Najarian approached the Firefighters yelling and argued with them about the snow being shoveled onto his sidewalk. When Firefighters told Najarian to leave the area, he got into his vehicle and backed into Fire Lt. Brian Gerra, who was not seriously injured. When police ordered Najarian to stop he fled the area, but was located a short time later and placed him under arrest.
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SUV Rear-Ends Michigan Garbage Truck
Four Mile Road NE was closed Friday afternoon at Colonial Avenue, between Plainfield and Coit Avenues, after police said an SUV rear-ended a city garbage truck.
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Texas Fire Truck Crashes Into DPS and Sheriff's Patrol Cars
A DPS patrol car was totalled and a Jefferson County Sheriff's Office vehicle was damaged when a fire truck heading to an overturned tractor trailer slid on black ice and crashed into the vehicles.
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Driver Who Almost Hit New York Trooper Car on Route 17 Charged With DWI
A Monticello man was charged with a felony after troopers say he lost control on State Route 17 near Exit 105A Tuesday and nearly hit a trooper car investigating another accident.
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Indiana Deputy Leaves Hospital
A Wayne County Sheriff's Department deputy, struck Wednesday by a vehicle along Interstate 70, was released Thursday evening from IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
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New Hampshire State Police Cruiser Struck
New Hampshire State Police say a parked cruiser was struck from behind on the Everett Turnpike in Nashua.
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Connecticut State Trooper Struck By Truck In Manchester
A Connecticut State Trooper has been transported to Hartford Hospital with serious injuries after his cruiser was hit by a box truck on I-84, state police said.
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Four Indiana Officers Struck While Investigating Crashes
Four Indiana law enforcement officers were struck Wednesday as they worked crashes in the wake of the massive ice storm.