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NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports for "Motor Vehicle - Struck-by" Incidents
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Louisiana: Louisiana Fire Chief Struck and Killed by Bus
On Saturday August 27, 2016, firefighters, State Police troopers and citizens climbed over a guardrail, down 30 feet into alligator infested canal waters to rescue 3 St. John the Baptist Parish firefighters thrown from an Interstate 10 bridge after they were hit by a party bus-driven by an illegal immigrant this morning. Charges pending against bus driver who slammed into 3 Firefighters, throwing them over the bridge and into the water below.
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Louisiana: Officer Shannon Brown was struck by a car during a traffic stop and succumbed to his injuries Saturday
A Louisiana police officer has died after a car struck him during a traffic stop last Sunday.