Struck By Incidents
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Michigan: Grand Traverse County Deputy, Firefighter OK After Accident
A sheriff’s deputy and firefighter are OK after being involved in two separate accidents Wednesday afternoon. A Grand Traverse Sheriff’s Deputy's car was hit along east M-72 near Elk Lake.
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Ohio: Dayton officer hit on NB I-75 remains in stable condition
he Dayton police officer struck on Interstate 75 late Friday night remains in stable condition at Miami Valley Hospital.
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Kentucky: Injury Collision Where Tractor Trailer Struck Fire Rescue Truck and Firemen on I-65
The Kentucky State Police Post 3 Bowling Green responded to an injury collision today at approx. 6:28 am on Interstate 65 near the 38 mile marker southbound where a tractor trailer truck struck a Smiths Grove Fire Department rescue truck and two firemen.
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Michigan: Firefighter Struck by Car While Directing Traffic at Michigan Crash Scene
A Northern Michigan firefighter was struck by a car on Dec. 14, while directing traffic at a police-involved crash. Around 1 p.m., troopers from the Michigan State Police Cadillac Post responded to a traffic crash on M-72 at Elk Lake Road in Grand Traverse County that involved an on-duty Grand Traverse County Sheriff's deputy. A firefighter was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic at the scene of a crash involving an on-duty Grand Traverse County (MI) Sheriff's deputy. During the crash investigation, a vehicle lost control and struck a Grand Traverse County patrol car and Grand Traverse Rural Fire Department truck and a firefighter who was controlling traffic at the scene. The firefighter was transported.
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Kentucky: Officer struck by car during Louisville pursuit
A Louisville Metro Police officer was injured during a police pursuit Thursday afternoon that started in the Wyandotte/Oakdale neighborhood and ended on Dixie Highway in Shively.
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Georgia: Deputy recovering after being struck by car
In a Facebook post, Muscogee County Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Gribbins says he was lucky to “only sustain a broken leg in two places” after being struck by a hit and run driver while directing traffic around a wreck. He underwent surgery at Midtown Medical Center and will have another Monday because of blood clots in his leg.
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Indiana: Fishers police make arrests after officer is intentionally struck by car
Fishers police arrested three people after they say an officer was intentionally struck by a car.
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Canada: 3 Niagara police officers injured within hours while on duty
They say an officer directing traffic in St. Catharines, Ont., was struck by a vehicle at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and was treated in hospital for minor injuries to his shoulder and wrist and released.
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Texas: Video shows officer hit by car in DWI case
An El Paso police officer suffered minor injuries Friday morning after pulling a drunken-driving suspect out of the way of a patrol vehicle that had just been struck by another drunken-driving suspect, authorities said.
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Florida: One arrested after officer struck by stolen car, police open fire at McDonald's
A man has been arrested in an incident that police said led two officers to fire guns in a busy McDonald's parking lot at lunchtime.