Struck By Incidents
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Virginia: VDOT worker struck while helping stranded motorist
A Virginia Department of Transportation help truck driver who was assisting a stranded motorist was struck by a pickup truck, leaving the VDOT worker and two others seriously injured.
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Oregon: Boise man hits tow truck driver with big rig, takes off
A Boise semi truck driver has been arrested after he allegedly crashed his big rig into a tow truck and took off without stopping, Oregon Police say.
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Georgia: Driver hits firetruck and police vehicle, arrested on DUI charges
Law enforcement officials were investigating a wreck that occurred on Interstate 75 southbound underneath the Allgood Road bridge when police say 21-year-old William Powe’s Jeep Cherokee hit the patrol car. After continuing traveling, police say Powe then struck the firetruck.
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Colorado: Lone Tree police officer struck twice by cars, suffers minor injuries
A Lone Tree police officer suffered minor injuries Sunday night when his patrol vehicle was rear-ended and he was struck again after getting out of his patrol car, police said Monday.
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Maryland: Man shot in neck by Ceasefire police officers in Northwest Baltimore
A man was shot by police after he reversed his vehicle towards two officers, tore the door off the police car and struck one of the officers in the leg. The man and his two passengers are in police custody, according to the police spokesman. A man was shot by police after he reversed his vehicle towards two officers, tore the door off the police car and struck one of the officers in the leg. The man and his two passengers are in police custody
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Tennessee: 2 Police Vehicles Hit On Interstate 40
Two Metro Nashville Police Department vehicles were struck by a vehicle while officers were working a crash.
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New Jersey: Sparta police officer narrowly avoids being hit by flaming box truck
A veteran township police sergeant narrowly escaped serious injury Saturday when he dodged a flaming box truck as it rolled toward his cruiser.
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Florida: Good Samaritan who stopped to help motorcyclist struck and killed
A woman who stopped to help a motorcyclist after a crash was then struck and killed herself, the Florida Highway Patrol said. She was identified Sunday night as 33-year-old Tina Martin, of New Smyrna Beach.
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California: Bay Area officer struck, police car stolen
Police in Northern California are searching for a woman and a man accused of ramming into a patrol car, injuring an officer and stealing his patrol car.
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Tennessee: Off-Ramp Blocked; 2 Road Workers Injured
An off-ramp on Interstate 440 has been blocked due to an incident involving two road crew workers. Officials with the Metro Nashville Police Department said the workers were seriously injured and taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.