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NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports for "Motor Vehicle - Struck-by" Incidents
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Police Officer Killed in Fengxian District, China
A traffic police officer was killed yesterday when he was struck by a container truck on an expressway in suburban Fengxian District. A woman also died in the accident and two people were injured, police said. The injured were in stable condition in a local hospital last night. The truck driver, surnamed Chen, was placed under police custody following the accident.
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Ohio FF/EMT Killed When She Was Struck by A Car
A one vehicle crash claimed the life of an off-duty volunteer firefighter/EMT at approximately 7:30 a.m. this morning at the intersection of US 20 and Fulton-Lucas Rd. The FF/EMT, Charlotte Adair, was on her way to work when she stopped to assist motorists that were involved in a crash at that location. While directing traffic, she was struck by an eastbound vehicle.
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UK Policeman Killed by Lorry
PC Mark Goodlad died after he was struck by a lorry on the M1 between junctions 40 and 39. A police officer paid the "ultimate sacrifice" when he was struck by a lorry while helping a woman whose car had broken down on a motorway, his force said.
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New Jersey Police Officer Dies When Cruiser is Struck
Joseph Wargo, a veteran Mount Arlington police officer died in a motor vehicle crash while on duty shortly after midnight Sunday. He was hit by a driver suspected of being under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance, according to the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office.
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Michigan Police Officer Struck and Killed by Escaping Bank Robber
Walker Michigan Police Officer Trevor Slot was struck and killed by a bank robbery suspect while attempting to deploy stop sticks on I-96 at 8th Avenue. The two suspects had robbed a bank in Ravenna, Michigan, and were fleeing the area when they were spotted by on-duty FBI agents who happened to be in the area. The agents initiated a pursuit and were quickly joined by several state and local agencies.
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Mississippi Police Officer Hit, Killed While Trying to Stop Suspects in Speeding Car
A Mississippi police officer was hit and killed Friday while trying to stop a car carrying two church burglary suspects as the vehicle sped toward a busy intersection. Grenada Mayor Billy Collins said Capt. John Wayne Haddock, 50, was hit by the car while trying to put out a spike strip to pop its tires, and he died at the scene on a state highway near the town. Police said that Haddock was thrown about 200 feet by the impact.
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Virginia Crossing Guard Struck and Killed
A school crossing guard was killed when she was hit by a pickup truck this morning. The crash happened about 7:30 a.m. while the crossing guard was directing traffic in front of Western Branch Primary School. A woman in a full-size pickup was driving east and could not see because of the glare from the sun.
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Iowa Firefighter Struck and Killed While Directing Traffic
Michael Collins, a Shelby, Iowa firefighter has been killed while directing traffic around an accident scene on Interstate 80 in western Iowa. Collins was struck by a car around 6:50 p.m. Sunday at the scene of the earlier crash on Interstate 80 just east of the Shelby exit in Pottawattamie County.
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Iowa Tow Truck Drivers Struck and Killed
The cause of a crash that killed the four men on Interstate Highway 80 in Poweshiek County, about 50 miles east of Des Moines, Iowa remains unknown, authorities said Wednesday. Towing industry workers said the accident highlighted the need for drivers to pay attention and, when they see people working on the shoulder, get over, as state law requires. Hanifen Towing drivers Jesse J. Inman, 29, of Ankeny and Daniel Walsh, 60, of Des Moines died while trying to help an Illinois man whose semitrailer had broken down. Another truck crashed into the vehicles, killing its driver and the other three men.
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Ohio Tow Truck Driver Struck and Killed
The Ohio State Police reported that a passing car on Route 224 in Boardman struck and killed Paul Macejko, a tow truck driver, while he was cleaning the street from an earlier crash on Saturday.