Struck By Incidents

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  • Oklahoma: Dash Cam Video Shows Moments Before OHP Trooper was Killed by Distracted Driver

    Newly released Dash cam video shows the final moments of an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper’s life. Trooper Nicolas Dees was killed on impact when a car hit him earlier this year along I-40.

  • Virginia: State Trooper Struck During Traffic Stop on I-66

    A Virginia state trooper suffered non-life threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop on westbound Interstate 66 on Tuesday afternoon in Fairfax County, police said. The trooper was standing next to a vehicle shortly after 2 p.m., when a passing vehicle ran off the road and collided with the vehicles stopped on the shoulder, state police said. The trooper was hit during the collision, which occurred just east of the Beltway. Other stories can be found at: http://fcnp.com/2015/02/24/second-va-state-trooper-hit-car-66/ http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/28187097/trooper-recovering-after-patrol-car-struck-by-out-of-control-suv

  • Virginia: Three State Troopers Are Injured by Vehicles in Three Road Incidents

    Three Virginia state troopers were injured by vehicles Tuesday in three separate crashes, two of them in Northern Virginia, state police said. In one incident, a driver was killed in Suffolk, Va., about 200 miles south of Washington, when his car crashed during a chase, police said.

  • Virginia: State Police Trooper Struck in Arlington

    A second Virginia State Police trooper was struck on a Northern Virginia highway Tuesday, state police said. A trooper was standing next to a vehicle he had stopped for a traffic violation on the shoulder of Interstate 66 in Arlington, just east of the Beltway/Interstate 495, about 2 p.m. Tuesday, when he was struck by a passing vehicle, state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said in a news release. The passing vehicle ran off the road and collided with the vehicles stopped on the shoulder, striking the trooper in the collision, Geller said.

  • Alabama: Florence Police Officer Hit, Pinned by Truck While Working a Wreck

    According to the Florence Police Department’s Facebook page, an officer is recovering at home this morning after being struck and pinned by a large truck. The accident happened just before midnight on Friday while the officer was working a wreck near the intersection of Highway 20 and County Road 14 in Florence.

  • Alaska: Man Fled Traffic Stop, Struck Nome Officer With Vehicle

    A Nome man faces multiple felony charges, police said, after he struck an officer with his car while fleeing a traffic stop. He was arrested when he ditched the vehicle and attempted to flee again on foot, police said.

  • California: Highway Patrol Vehicle Struck

    The driver of a Mitsubishi Eclipse fled the scene of a crash that sent another car careening into a stopped California California Highway Patrol car on the 10 Freeway in El Monte early Saturday, authorities said.

  • Florida: Gainesville Officer Injured When DUI Suspect Hits Cruiser

    A Gainesville Police Department officer was injured early Sunday morning when his cruiser was struck by a car driven by a man later arrested on a drunken driving charge. Cpl. Matthew Walters, who was inside the parked patrol car, sustained back and neck injuries and was taken to UF Health Shands Hospital, according to a GPD report.

  • Maryland: Off-Duty Officer Hit By Car Helping Stranded Drivers

    An off-duty Anne Arundel County Police officer was hit by a car after she stopped to help stranded drivers. The Capital reports that the officer was hit on Route 100 in Glen Burnie on Saturday night.

  • Michigan: Bloomfield Township Officer Struck by Car

    Dashcam video shows a Bloomfield Township police officer get hit by a car Saturday on Interstate 75 near Adams Road. The Bloomfield Township Police Department posted the video to its Facebook page, explaining the officer was outside of his own vehicle assisting a driver who slid off the interstate into the median. Police say an 18-year-old driver lost control and struck the officer's patrol car before hitting the officer and the disabled car. Another story can be found at: http://abc27.com/2015/02/20/raw-video-michigan-police-officer-nearly-struck-on-slick-highway/

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