Struck By Incidents
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Alabama: Soft Drink Truck Overturns on I-65; Deputy Hurt in Second Crash
A commercial truck carrying a load of Mountain Dew soft drinks crashed and overturned along a stretch of Interstate 65 in Lowndes County early Wednesday morning. Authorities subsequently made the decision to shut down the southbound lanes marker 148 between Letohatchee and Fort Deposit. Those lanes reopened around 12:30pm, approximately eight hours after being closed. The truck driver was transported by ambulance to a local hospital with injuries. No other details concerning his condition are currently known. A second crash occurred at the scene around 5:35am when a vehicle collided with a Lowndes County Sheriff's patrol car.
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Kentucky Police Cruiser Hit by Car Sparks Chase That Ends in Crash
Lexington Police say a woman crashed on Newton Pike, at Main Street, after a brief chase. Police say the woman was at a scene on Ashe Street, where officers were responding to a disorder. While there, interviewing the people involved, police say Taranita Black jumped into her friend's car, threw it in reverse, and hit the police officer's car. Police say Black barely missed the officer and the other individual involved.
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Syracuse, NY Cop Struck by Truck During Investigation, Fires 2 Shots
A Syracuse Police officer is okay after being struck by a truck while investigating a series of larcenies involving cars in the city, as well as Onondaga County.
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White Plains, NY Cop Struck by Car; Man Charged With Leaving Scene
A city police officer suffered minor injuries when he was hit by a car early yesterday. The driver, who did not stop, was arrested a few hours later, police said.
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Louisiana Man Booked After Ramming Pickup Truck into Deputy's Vehicle
A LaPlace man has been booked with attempted murder of a deputy and other charges after, authorities say, he fired upon a Reserve couple and then rammed his truck into a sheriff's deputy's cruiser Saturday night in Reserve.
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Ohio Officer Hit By Car Says He Was Seconds Away From Dying
A police officer who was hit by a car while helping a motorist says he remembers every momet of the crash that left him hospitalized
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Ohio Trooper Hurt in Hit-Skip
A state police trooper received minor injuries when his patrol car was re-ended on the exit ramp from Interstate 475 onto Central Avenue early Saturday.
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Massachusetts Crash Sends Cars Into Fire Engine, Dealership
The West Springfield Fire Department responded to a reported motor vehicle crash, but before they left there was another crash. A Ford Explorer jumped the median and hit a red Cavalier as it traveled east towards Springfield. Brown witnessed the second crash too. They both run into the fire truck standing there.
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Michigan Police Officer Struck and Injured
A Grand Rapids police officer was injured when his vehicle was rear-ended as it redirected traffic while Michigan State Police investigated another crash.
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Philadelphia Police Officer Struck In Hit-Run In Olney Neighborhood
A Philadelphia police officer was struck and dragged by a vehicle in the city’s Olney neighborhood Tuesday evening.