Struck By Incidents

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  • Illinois: Rockford police charge parolee after taxi carjacking, shots fired and two crashes

    Two police officers opened fire early this morning on a suspect who allegedly struck one of them with a stolen taxi and backed it into a Rockford police squad car, according to information from the Rockford Police Department.

  • Michigan: Track worker struck and killed during race at Owosso Speedway

    A track worker was struck by a race car during a race at Owosso Speedway early Sunday morning and later died at a hospital, officials said.

  • Indiana: State Trooper Struck While Directing Traffic

    Saturday morning, at approximately 8:19 am, an Indiana State Trooper was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic for the Mill Race Marathon in Columbus, sending him to Columbus Regional Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

  • Canada: Crossing guard hit by lumber truck

    A crossing guard on her way to her morning shift was struck by a lumber truck on Elizabeth Street around 8 a.m. on Thursday across from Burnham Public School.

  • Florida: Man strikes officer with car

    A Tallahassee, Fla. man faces felony obstruction charges after he struck a female Forsyth police officer with his car and wrecked trying to avoid arrest. Officer Kimberly Barnett had pulled over a 2016 Chevy Impala at mile marker 186 on I-75 south around 8:16 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10 for speeding. Barnett told the driver she had pulled him over for going 88 in a 70 mph zone, and she took his license back to her patrol car. The driver, Carl Lester Carr, 29, of Tallahassee, said he didn’t know he was speeding.

  • Illinois: Crossing Guard Hit By Car Near ETHS

    A crossing guard was hit by a car Wednesday morning while directing traffic near Evanston Township High School. The victim, a 25-year-old woman from Chicago, was hit in the 2100 block of Church Street near Grey avenue at 8:12 a.m., according to an Evanston Police Department report. She was struck by a vehicle making a left turn out of an ETHS parking lot to go west on Church. The victim was cut on her forehead, knee and elbow and taken to Evanston Hospital for treatment. The driver - a 60-year-old woman from Skokie - was cited for disregarding a crossing guard.

  • Vehicle strikes DOT worker in North Iowa

    A worker with the Iowa Department of Transportation has been struck by a vehicle in Cerro Gordo County.

  • Florida: Dad Intentionally Hit Elderly School Volunteer with Car: Deputies

    A 34-year-old father faces aggravated battery charges after Pasco County Sheriff’s deputies say he intentionally hit an elderly school volunteer with his 2006 Cadillac CTS Tuesday morning.

  • Tennessee: Crossing Guard Injured In Hit-&-Run In Antioch

    Police were called to a street near J.E. Moss Elementary School after a crossing guard was struck by a vehicle.

  • Kentucky: Mayfield Cop Injured When Hit by Vehicle

    A Mayfield police officer was injured Friday when he was struck by a vehicle.

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