Struck By Incidents
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Virginia: Out-of-Control Car Does Heavy Damage
A man who apparently was having a medical emergency wiped out shrubs, a tree and a PT Cruiser before a city police officer was able to get the keys out of his vehicle while it was spinning tires in a yard.
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Florida Police Officer Injured in Hit and Run
The Crestview Police Department is currently searching for a hit-and-run vehicle that rear-ended a City of Crestview Police vehicle early Sunday morning.
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Man Arrested After Truck Backs Into Wisconsin Squad Car
The Monroe Police Department said a man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after he backed his pickup truck into an officer's squad car early Saturday morning.
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Florida Truck Crash on I-95 Causes 10 More Collisions
A series of 11 accidents on Interstate 95 Sunday morning sent five people to the hospital, a Florida Highway Patrol spokesman said.
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Australian Police Officer hit by Car on Gold Coast
A police officer who was struck by a car on the Gold Coast has been released from hospital. The 47-year-old sergeant was attempting to stop a car at Labrador around 2am on Saturday, when it allegedly drove at him, police say.
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California Police Officer Hit By Alleged Shoplifter
Party Town employee Jennifer Bekker saw the whole thing through her window at work. "The policeman was yelling at the man in the car, saying don't move. The guy threw the car in reverse, backed up. The police officer ran at the car, broke the window with his gun and fell on the ground, rolled a few feet and the guy took off."
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Colorado Officer Hit By Suspected Drunk Driver
The officer had pulled another driver over on Highway 7 and 120th Street at 5:20 a.m. and was sitting in his patrol car when it was struck.
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Colorado Police Officer Rear-Ended while Working Another Accident
A driver who failed to observe the "Move Over Law" rear-ended a Denver Police cruiser Thursday. The Denver Police Department says it hopes the incident will serve as reminder to drivers to obey the law.
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Gordon County, Georgia Deputy Struck by SUV
A Gordon County Deputy Sheriff was injured while he was supervising an inmate work crew collecting garbage late last week. His crew was working on Red Bud Road when the truck he was in was struck in the rear by another car.
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Idaho Approves ‘Move Over’ Change; Arizona, Tennessee Bills Advance
A commonsense rule of the road that many professional drivers and others have followed for decades is getting attention this year at the Arizona, Idaho and Tennessee statehouses.