Struck By Incidents
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Australian Officer Struck
A Toowoomba police officer was dragged by a moving vehicle last night while investigating recent cash register stealing offences. Police were making inquires in Barry St about 7pm when a man and a woman arrived in a stolen 2006 gold Ford sedan with registration number 727 JBG.
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Knoxville Police Department: Tennesse Trooper Rescued From I-40 Crash as Flames Consumed Cruiser
A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper struck by a passing flatbed rig on Interstate 40 early today was freed from the wreckage with mere seconds to spare before his cruiser burst into flames, according to one of his rescuers. Knoxville Police Department officers Andrew Keith and Steve Taylor happened upon the scene immediately after the truck slammed into THP Sgt. Lowell Russell's parked cruiser on the shoulder of the westbound lanes near Walker Springs Road at 2:50 a.m.
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Memphis, TN Officer Struck While Directing Traffic
A Memphis police officer directing traffic suffered a foot injury on Monday when hit by a vehicle on Hollywood north of Poplar, according to police.
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Iowa Officer Not Hurt After Being Hit by Suspect’s Car
A Cedar Rapids Police officer escaped injury when a woman hit him with her car Sunday afternoon.
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North Carolina Volunteer Firefighter Hit By Van That Drove Through Detour
A firefighter was hit by a car while responding to a wreck involving an overturned tractor trailer on Highway 52 North near Moore-RJR Drive early Monday morning. According to the King Fire Department, around 5 am a car drove through a coned off area sideswiping a fire department car and then hitting a volunteer firefighter.
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Florida Police Officer in Hospital's Trauma Unit After Vehicle Slammed Into His Cruiser
A Jacksonville Sheriff's officer was in his cruiser near the intersection of West Sixth and Whitner streets when it was struck by a car about 3 a.m. Monday, police said. The officer sustained possibly serious injuries but was not critical, according to detective B.M. Blaquiere of the traffic homicide unit.
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Minnesota Officer Recovering After Being Hit by Car
A Brooklyn Center police officer is recovering after being hit by a car Friday night, according to authorities. The incident happened at 53rd and Colfax Ave. in Brooklyn Center around 7:30 p.m.
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Police: Driver Aims for Delaware Officer; He Fires Back
Police are looking for a man who allegedly drove an SUV head-on into an unmarked Laurel police cruiser, then backed up and tried to run down the officer.
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Alleged DUI Driver Stricks Rhode Island Police Cruiser
Darren W. Preston, age 32, of 5A Orchard Hill Rd. Oxford, MA, crashed into a Burrillville Police Cruiser Saturday morning and was later charged with DUI. (photo courtesy of Burrillville PD)
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Minnesota Officer Struck and Injured
A Brooklyn Center Police officer was hospitalized Friday night after being hit by a car, authorities said. The accident happened at the intersection of 53rd and Colfax Avenues in Brooklyn Center just before 8 p.m.