Struck By Incidents
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Eight Troopers Hit in Three Days on Minnesota Roads
After a rash of crashes involving Minnesota State Patrol troopers and their squads, officials are asking drivers to slow down and pay closer attention.
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Minnesota I-94 West Reopens After Semi Hits Trooper Near St. Cloud
A Minnesota State Trooper is hospitalized after being hit by a semi-truck on Interstate 94 in St. Cloud.
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2 Minnesota Troopers Hit, Hospitalized in Storm Response
A pair of Minnesota state troopers is hospitalized after separate incidents of being struck by out-of-control vehicles while investigating previous accidents on Minnesota Highways Monday morning.
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Minnesota Tow Truck Driver Hit on I-90 in Winona County
A tow truck driver was hit by a truck on Interstate 90 Monday morning while he worked to pull a vehicle out of a ditch. The accident happened just east of the Winona exit on westbound I-90 at around 8:30 a.m.
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Minnesota Trooper Hit While Helping Driver Recounts Crash
At least 23 Minnesota State Patrol troopers have been hit this winter, more than double the amount of troopers who were hit all of last winter. Lieutenant Chris Edstrom became the 22nd statistic when he was hit on the shoulder of Interstate 35W in Forest Lake in mid-January.
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Minnesota Trooper Injured After Being Struck on I-35
A Minnesota state trooper was taken to a hospital Monday afternoon after they were hit by a motorist on the I-35W split in Forest Lake, authorities say.
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Second Minnesota State Patrol Car Hit While Responding to Snow Incident
A Minnesota State Patrol trooper was struck by a vehicle near St. Cloud today, the second trooper to be hit in the wake of Friday's storm.
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Minnesota Officer Hospitalized After Truck Rear-Ends Squad Car
A Minneapolis Police Officer is recovering after his squad car was struck Monday morning by a pickup truck in the downtown area.
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Woman Talks to Minnesota Cop, Then Gets Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver
A woman hit by a car on Second Street in Mankato at about 3 a.m. Sunday was talking to a police officer seconds before she was struck by a hit-and-run driver.
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Minnesota Deputy and K-9 Fine After Squad Car Hit
Scott County Deputy Nick Adler had just put his dog Riley away after helping a Carver County deputy conduct a narcotics search and walked back toward the suspect vehicle when he heard squealing tires and watched another vehicle cross all lanes of traffic and slam into his parked car.