Struck By Incidents
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Florida: Medical chopper responding to crash struck by separate vehicle
A medical helicopter needs to be repaired after it was hit by a car at the scene of an earlier crash overnight.
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Canada: Motorist facing impaired driving charge after officer hit by car in Vaughan
A 53-year-old man is facing an impaired driving charge after a York Regional Police officer was struck and pinned by an SUV in Vaughan last night.
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Texas: Officer struck by vehicle Friday doing better
An off-duty Corpus Christi Police officer who was struck by a car Friday night said he is doing better and is back home. On Friday night, Officer Travis Pace and his wife, who is also a CCPD officer, pulled over to help a man whose minivan had broken down in the 1200 block of Glen Oak Drive in Flour Bluff. Another man had stopped and began to help directing traffic with a flashlight, while Pace as trying to tow the minivan. That's when another driver started heading directly toward the minivan. The man directing traffic yelled "Watch out!" and Pace tried to get out of the way, but his leg was caught and pinned between two vehicles. "If that individual, Brian, was not out directing traffic and had not warned us, we probably wouldn't be having this conversation today," said Pace. "He's a big big big factor. I want to say a special thank you to him." Pace's injuries were not serious, but he was taken to the hospital with leg bruising. He was later released. As for the 67-year-old driver who struck the officer, he was taken to the hospital. His condition has not been released.
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Canada: Tow truck driver struck
A tow truck driver was struck by a passing motorist as he came to the aid of another driver, Thursday evening.
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North Carolina: Driver charged in crash that hurt DOT workers blacked out
The husband of a Morrisville woman accused of slamming into the back of a state Department of Transportation truck on Interstate 440 on Tuesday afternoon, injuring two DOT workers, said Wednesday that she had blacked out.
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Florida: Paramedic in Stable Condition After Being Hit by Car While Helping Stabbing Victim
A paramedic injured while trying to help a woman stabbed by her husband Sunday is in stable condition, but remains in intensive care at Orlando Regional Medical Center.
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Maryland: Baltimore police officer dragged, hit by car twice
Baltimore Police say an officer was dragged by a car and hit by the vehicle twice during an incident in the northeast part of the city.
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Georgia: Hit-and-run driver injures police officer
A Clayton County police officer is recovering in an Atlanta hospital after a driver struck him and fled the scene.
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Arizona: Deputy struck by hit-and-run driver in serious condition
A Pima County Sheriff's Deputy remains hospitalized with serious injuries after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver.
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Indiana: Driver who struck trooper’s car said he had just used meth
An Indiana State Trooper was hospitalized for a time Monday after the squad car he was sitting in was struck by another vehicle while he was involved with a traffic stop in Indianapolis. The driver of the Chevy Trailblazer that hit the squad car initially told investigators he might have fallen asleep just prior to the crash on Shadeland Avenue just north of 38th Street. He later changed his story.