Struck By Incidents
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Pennsylvania: Fire Police Officer Struck and Thrown into a Creek
A Cambridge Springs (PA) volunteer Fire Police Officer Robert Repa suffered significant injuries to both legs at the scene of a fire last Tuesday when he was struck by a vehicle as he assisted with traffic control. He was struck, thrown over a guard rail and into a creek. His leg injuries were so bad that swelling prevented casts from being put on his legs for several days.
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Maryland: After employee's death, Laurel Public Works urges drivers to 'Slow Down to Get Around'
Following the city's first on-the-job death of public works employee Marcus Colbert in January, Laurel Public Works officials are joining staff of the Fairfax County public works department in promoting the nationwide "Slow Down to Get Around" safety campaign for refuse and recycling employees.
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Texas: Garland Ambulance Struck by DWI
Garland firefighters narrowly avoided injury early Saturday when a drunken driving suspect barreled into their ambulance — but they ran to the man's rescue just the same.
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New Jersey: Rowan University Officer Struck by Car
Officials have identified the Rowan University police officer struck and injured Saturday night in Glassboro. Officer Russell Carmolingo, a 5-year veteran of the Rowan police force, was struck by a passing car while he was making a routine traffic stop onRoute 322. It happened before 10 p.m. Saturday in the 300 block of Mullica Hill Road.
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California: One dead after crashing into fire truck on Highway 4
California: One dead after crashing into fire truck on Highway 4
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Hawaii: Tow truck driver, 25, critically injured after struck by vehicle near Schofield Barracks
Friends and family have identified the tow truck driver who was struck by a car, Thursday morning, as 25-year-old, Val Tua.
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Washington:Driver injured after crashing into Camas fire engine
A Washougal driver was seriously injured Wednesday night after he crashed into a fire engine that was about to leave the scene of another crash on state Highway 14 in Camas.
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Arizona: Sierra Vista Police officer & suspect recovering after being struck by car
A Sierra Vista Police officer and a shoplifting suspect were struck by a car on Fry Blvd. near Highway 90.
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Virginia: Worker struck by truck on I-64; driver flees the scene
Virginia State Police are asking for help finding a truck that hit a worker on Interstate 64 in Norfolk Tuesday morning.
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Michigan: Officer, woman struck by car on snowy highway
Police released dash cam footage Thursday of a Feb. 1 crash where an officer and a woman were struck by an oncoming car.