Struck By Incidents
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Tractor-Trailer Hits Stamford, Connecticut Fire Engine on I-95
A Stamford Fire & Rescue Department engine was seriously damaged Monday morning when it was hit from behind at high speed by a tractor-trailer as firefighters were extinguishing a vehicle fire near exit 8 southbound on Interstate 95, Fire Chief Robert McGrath said.
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Illinois Man Accused of Trying to Hit Police Officer
A motorist accused of trying to hit a Chicago police officer with his car early Saturday told authorities he had been smoking crack cocaine beforehand, a prosecutor said at the man's bond hearing Sunday.
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New York Firefighter Killed by School Bus in Evans
A 49-year-old volunteer firefighter from Derby was struck and killed by a school bus shortly before dawn Monday at an intersection not far from his home.
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California Driver Killed After Slamming Into Fire Engine on 105 Freeway
A Los Angeles man died Sunday when the car he was driving rear-ended a parked Los Angeles County fire engine on the 105 Freeway in Lynwood, according to the California Highway Patrol. Delaron Hines’ 2011 Toyota plowed into the back of a fire engine that had stopped in the third eastbound lane to help douse a vehicle fire.
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Illinois Firefighter Hit by Race Car Suffers Two Broken Legs, Concussion
The man hit by a race car Friday night is recovering in the hospital Saturday and is expected to make a full recovery. This happened at the Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Illinois around 9:10 Friday night, October 1.
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Arkansas Driver Shot by School Resource Officer
Investigators are trying to piece together what led to a school shooting in North Little Rock Thursday afternoon. Police say a school resource officer shot and wounded a driver outside North Little Rock High School. That's after they say the driver hit another officer.
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Broken Ankle Among Injuries of Fort Worth, Texas Officer Hit by Car
A broken ankle has been added to the list of injuries a police officer endured Tuesday night when a fugitive reportedly hit him with a car in south Fort Worth.
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Late Paperwork Frees Woman Suspected of Killing Washington Tow-Truck Driver, For Now
A woman who had been released from jail the day before she allegedly swerved across five lanes of traffic and killed a tow-truck driver on Interstate 5 in Seattle was expected to be released from custody Tuesday. But her freedom was expected to be short-lived.
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Mississippi Hit & Run Driver Out on Bond
Jackson police say an accused drunk driver has bonded out of jail after her arrest on aggravated DUI charges. Ivana Merrit was driving north on Gallatin Street when she lost control of her truck. She slammed into several cars then hit and injured a tow truck driver, 66-year-old Robert Bounds.
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No Ssurrender Yet in Fatal Indiana Officer Hit-and-Run
Police continue to search for the hit-and-run driver who killed a Greenfield police officer.