Struck By Incidents
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Virginia: VSP Trooper Avoids Injury in I-95 Crash
A Virginia State Trooper was uninjured Tuesday after a driver on Interstate 95 North lost control and started a chain reaction crash that hit the trooper's car.
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Virginia: VSP Trooper Avoids Injury in I-95 Crash (1)
A Virginia State Trooper was uninjured Tuesday after a driver on Interstate 95 North lost control and started a chain reaction crash that hit the trooper's car.
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Virginia: VSP Trooper Avoids Injury in I-95 Crash (2)
A Virginia State Trooper was uninjured Tuesday after a driver on Interstate 95 North lost control and started a chain reaction crash that hit the trooper's car.
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Florida: FHP Vehicle Struck by Man Trying to By-Pass Roadblock
A 19-year-old Jacksonville woman was arrested early Saturday on allegations that she was drunk when she clipped a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle with her Ford Mustang. The trooper had been stationed at a roadblock on Riverside Avenue due to an earlier crash investigation when his car was hit by the woman.
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Ohio: Dayton Fire Truck Struck by Driverless Car
A Dayton fire pumper truck has a new dent, thanks to an over-excited motorist who jumped out of his car while it was still in motion. A firefighter tells us the pumper truck was parked at the scene of a minor traffic accident in the 100 block of Boltin Street about 10:30 p.m. The driver, said to have been a relative of someone involved in the accident, drove up in a car and seemed agitated or excited as he got out of it. Problem is, he left in gear and it continued on — sans driver — until it hit the city vehicle.
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Pennsylvania: Trooper Involved in Crash on I-81
A State Trooper was involved in a crash Friday morning when a car tried to hit its brakes and lost control. The accident occurred on I-81 around 845 a.m. near mile marker 12.
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Ohio: Deputy Rescued By First Responders Had A Narrow Escape
Everyone involved in an horrendous early morning accident escaped serious injuries, but it closed Interstate 71 and trapped a Franklin County deputy inside his cruiser Wednesday morning. The accident happened just before 2 a.m. as Deputy Ryan Murphy was handling an earlier crash authorities said involved a drunk driver.
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Georgia: Officer Struck by Truck at GA Ports in Critical Condition, Driver Out on Bond
The truck driver charged with DUI after severely injuring a Georgia Ports Authority officer is out of jail. Robert Lee Turner, 63, was released on a $4,600 bond. He is charged with operating a vehicle without a tag or decal and DUI less safe, both misdemeanors. Port officials said he hit Cpl. William Solomon on Monday afternoon. Solomon remains in critical condition at Memorial Health. A close friend of Solomon said while he is still in critical condition, he is making some improvements. He was able to move his lower extremities on Wednesday, which is quite a miracle when just three days ago the family was told he might not make it.
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Maryland: Ambulance Slips on Ice, Hits Previously Injured Person in Montgomery
It was so slippery last night that a pedestrian who was injured in a fall in Montgomery County was struck by the ambulance sent to help, an ambulance sent help authorities said.
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Minnesota: Tow Truck Driver Recounts Frightening S. St. Paul Crash
A crash in South St. Paul Tuesday morning shows just how dangerous it can be for emergency workers responding to accidents. A car hit a Minnesota State Patrol squad car, pinning the trooper inside and throwing tow truck driver Warren Duran onto a busy road. “My heart was pumping a million miles an hour,” Duran said. “I was shaken up because I’ve never had anything like this happen before.” Duran, who works for Southeast Towing, was getting ready to tow a car on Interstate 494 and Concord Street when a driver lost control, hitting a squad car — which then subsequently hit the car Duran was working on. “I’m underneath the right side of the vehicle hooking my chain up, and I hear a bang,” Duran said.