Struck By Incidents
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Florida Highway Pileup Kills at Least 10 People
A long line of cars and trucks collided one after another early Sunday on a dark Florida highway so shrouded in haze and smoke that drivers were instantly blinded. At least 10 people were killed.
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Michigan Officer's Vehicle Struck During Diversion Operation
Flint Police officers, Genesee Count Sheriff officers and emergency medical technicians at the scene of an accident on westbound Interstate-69 near Dort Highway in Flint on Sunday. Flint Police rerouted traffic on I-69 around this accident scene. Police were called to the scene for a personal injury accident when an officer's patrol car was struck by another vehicle. The officer has been taken to the hospital for injuries.
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Colorado: Suspect Arrested In Officer-Involved Hit-And-Run
A suspect has been arrested in an officer-involved hit-and-run. During a routine traffic stop, a Colorado Springs police officer was struck by the vehicle he tried to pull over.
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Vehicle Strikes Florida Trooper Writing Ticket
A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was seriously injured when a vehicle veered off State road 528 and struck him. The trooper was rushed to Orlando Regional Medical Center with several fractures, said troop spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Montes. The crash occurred on S.R. 528 near Orange Avenue, just west of Orlando International Airport. The trooper had just finished a traffic stop and was sitting on the motorcycle on the inside shoulder, when he was struck from behind.
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Connecticut Trooper Injured After Collision on I-95
A Connecticut state trooper is recovering after a crash Sunday night along I-95 in West Haven. The collision happened near exit 43.
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New Jersey Police Officer Injured When Woman Drives off After Being Awakened at Wheel
A Cranbury woman was jailed and an officer injured after police woke her up and told her to get out of her car Sunday night, but she drove away instead. Christine Favro, 27, hit Patrolman Thomas Behrens with her car after he and other officers found her “unresponsive” in her vehicle at Route 72 and Pinewood Estates at 11:20 p.m. Sunday.
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Ohio Officer Struck By Vehicle in Lake County
A police officer was struck by a vehicle Monday morning while on scene with a disabled car in Lake County. The incident occurred around 7:15 a.m. when two Kirtland Hills officers in marked police cars were assisting a disabled vehicle on Chillicothe Road and were trying to help the vehicle re-enter the roadway. A car operated by Herbert Matthews III of Willoughby Hills was traveling northeast on Chillicothe Road and struck an officer directing traffic.
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Hawaii: Lawmakers Hopeful "Move Over" Bill Will Become Law
The Honolulu Police Department spoke out in favor of a bill to make roads safer for emergency responders following another death of one of its own.
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Jackknifed Semi Slides Into Tow Truck in Wisconsin Crash
A tow truck operator escaped serious injury early Monday morning when a semi-trailer truck jackknifed on an ice-covered highway and crashed into the tow truck, knocking the operator into a ditch, authorities reported.
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Ohio Officer Hit by Car
A Kirtland Hills police officer was injured Monday morning when he was struck by a car while assisting the driver of a disabled vehicle.