Struck By Incidents
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Pittsburgh, PA Officer Struck By Car In Station Square
A Pittsburgh police officer was taken to the hospital after being struck by a car in a Station Square parking lot.
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Cab Hits New Jersey Ambulance and Parked Vehicle, Then Flees
A North Bergen ambulance and a parked vehicle were stuck during a hit-and-run Wednesday at 10:34 a.m. on Willow Avenue between Seventh and Eighth streets, police said.
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Suspect in North Carolina Hit-and-Run Arrested in Georgia
A man accused of running over a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer as the officer tried to stop him, has run from the law before. Dekalb County police arrested 28-year-old Ivory Chappell in Lithonia, Ga. Friday. The night before, police said he ran over CMPD Officer Chris Kunz as Kunz tried to stop Chappell.
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Suspect in Ohio Deputy’s Death Initially Denied Driving Car
When Marcus Isreal was being interviewed on May 10 just hours after Warren County Sheriff’s Sgt. Brian Dulle was struck and killed by a speeding car he was driving, Isreal said he was not behind the wheel, according to evidence presented Thursday. An Ohio Highway Patrol crash reconstructionist told a Warren County Common Pleas Court jury this morning the car was traveling an estimated 114 mph when it struck and killed Warren County Sheriff’s Sgt. Brian Dulle. http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/crime/crash-reconstructionist-says-vehicle-hit-deputy-at-114-mph-1272515.html?cxtype=ynews_rss
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Rutherford, Tennesse Chase Tops 100 mph, Deputy Almost Struck
Authorities in Rutherford County are searching for a man they say accelerated his vehicle toward, and just missed, a deputy before driving away in a wild high-speed chase Monday.
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Canadian Tow Truck Driver was Incredulous over Criminal Charge Against Him
Tow truck driver Ronald Taylor couldn’t understand why he was charged with criminal negligence causing death after another driver hit his stationary truck on the highway. Taylor had just helped a motorist get her car out of the centre median. This incident happened in 2009.
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Connecticut Police say a State Trooper has been injured at a highway construction site on the Merritt Parkway in Fairfield.
The Hartford Courant reports that State Police say a vehicle driven by Gino Restaini of Wilton struck a cruiser driven by Trooper Benedict Liberator as the officer pulled into the right lane. Trooper Liberator and Restaini were taken to St. Vincent's Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
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Connecticut Trooper Hurt in Merritt Parkway Crash
An on-duty trooper was injured Tuesday night while working on the Merritt Parkway.
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Louisiana Inmate Hit by SUV in Critical Condition
The Louisiana Department of Corrections inmate worker struck by a vehicle Friday in Alexandria remains in critical condition. Police on Monday released the inmate's name, along with the names of the driver of the Jeep which struck the inmate and the driver of a city of Alexandria sanitation truck who also was injured in the accident.
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Two Goose Creek, SC FF’s Struck by Suspected Drunk Driver
The City of Goose Creek Fire Dept's Rescue 1 and Medic 9 were operating at an MVA when a suspected DUI entered the scene striking 2 FF's. FF/Medic Christopher Harrison and Captain Michael Altoff were struck by Jessica Lanier after she failed to yield to the emergency scene and plowed into the two men.