Struck By Incidents
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Michigan: Madison Heights officer OK after car struck by SUV
A Madison Heights police officer is expected to return to the streets shortly after being hit by another vehicle early Tuesday morning.
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Roadside Worker Struck By Driver In Pa. While Changing Tire
Police in Middletown are investigating after a roadside assistance worker is struck while changing a driver’s tire on Sunday night.It happened on northbound Route 1 near Fox Court. Middletown police say the driver struck the worker’s vehicle and then struck the worker changing a person’s tire.The victim is in serious condition at St. Mary’s Medical Center with multiple broken bones. He is expected to survive. Drunk driving or speeding are not believed to be the cause.
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Minnesota: Firefighter Struck by Fire Truck
A firefighter was hurt after being struck by a fire truck while responding to a fire Monday night. Firefighters went to 336 3rd Street in Campbell at 11:12 p.m. for a report of smoke in the residence.Two adults and five children in the home got out safely.
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Florida: Police open fire at McDonald's, officer struck by stolen car, Fort Lauderdale cops say
Bullets flew at a fast-food restaurant on a busy Fort Lauderdale corner during the lunch hour Monday while officers were investigating a report of a stolen car, police said.
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Connecticut: New Haven police detective struck by motorcycle, seriously injured
A New Haven police detective was treated for serious injuries Monday night after being pinned under a motorcycle near the 300 block of Kimberly Avenue.
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Georgia: Henry County PD officer struck on I-75 while responding to accident
A Henry County Police officer was struck by a car Friday afternoon while the officer was investigating a previous accident on Interstate 75. The officer sustained minor injuries, according to a press release from HCPD spokesman Capt. Joey Smith.
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United Kingdom: British police release footage of traffic warden being struck by irate driver’s car
Bodycam footage has been released of a traffic warden being mown down by an irate motorist in England as he prepared a parking ticket. The warden had asked the driver to move their car because it was parked on zig zags in High Street, Eastchurch, on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, at 2.45pm on July 8.
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Massachusetts: Marblehead School Crossing Guard Nearly Struck By SUV: Police
Marblehead police reminded drivers to use caution near school crosswalks after a guard was nearly struck by a sport utility vehicle on Jersey Street last week. The crossing guard was at the intersection of Shepard Street during the Friday morning commute about to direct a student a walk across the road when a black SUV sped through and nearly hit her as she stood in the middle of the road.
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Maryland: Officer thanks God for his life after drunk driver crashes into his cruiser
"People just come to that light, like a moth to a flame, when they're intoxicated,” said Officer Edward Paden Jr., Montgomery County Police. A longtime police officer was struck by a drunk driver Saturday night.
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Massachusetts: Suspect Arrested After 4 Boston Police Officers Injured After Being Dragged, Struck by Car
A man has been arrested after four Boston Police officers were dragged by a vehicle early Wednesday morning. Police approached a vehicle on Stoughton Street in the Upham's Corner section of Boston's Dorchester neighborhood around 12:30 a.m. after receiving a report of a person with a gun.