Struck By Incidents
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Pennsylvania Officer on Bike Hit, Dragged
A Philadelphia bicycle patrol officer was hit and dragged by a car in the city's Brewerytown section Friday night.
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Driver In Florida Trooper Crash Negative For Drugs/Alcohol
The Florida Highway Patrol announced it had completed initial toxicology tests of blood and urine from 19-year-old Jonathan Garcia. Garcia was driving the car that hit Trooper Patrick Ambroise's car that burst into flames killing Ambroise. Initial tests showed Garcaia has no drugs or alcohol in his system.
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Kentucky Widow Sues Man Charged in Lexington Officer's Death
The widow of a Lexington police officer killed in a hit-and-run has filed a lawsuit against her husband's accused killer.
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Off-Duty Texas Officer Hit by Car, Driver Flees and Turns Himself in
The man accused of striking an off duty Lubbock police officer with his car and leaving the scene turned himself into authorities late Tuesday night.
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Brooklyn Cop Remains In "Very Grave Condition"
The police officer struck by a motorcycle while chasing car theft suspects in Bensonhurst early yesterday morning remains in "very grave condition," as Mayor Bloomberg put it.
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Ohio Mall Security Officer Hit by Fleeing Suspect's Car
Warrants have been issued for a 41-year-old Akron woman accused of striking a Summit Mall security officer with her vehicle as she reportedly fled the scene of a theft.
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Shawnee Kansas Officer Hit By Fleeing Suspect
A Shawnee police officer was struck by a fleeing suspect outside a convenience store Monday evening, authorities said. The police officer attempted to stop a suspicious customer outside a convenience store at 67th and Nieman streets. The suspect then fled and struck the officer with the getaway car, police said.
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Three in NYPD Cycle-Hit Officer Case Plead Not Guilty
Three suspected car thieves a cop was chasing when he was hit by a motorcycle pleaded not guilty this morning.
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Vigil for New York Motorcycle Officer
A Brooklyn cop remained in critical condition yesterday with injuries suffered when he was mowed down by a motorcycle while chasing three suspected car thieves.
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One Dead and Two Injured in North Carolina Crash
A tractor-trailer lost control on a highway ramp this morning, slammed into two other vehicles and hit three people, killing one.