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Newsby Staff WriterJune 6, 2011

Injured Tenn. Officer May be Disciplined for Not Wearing Seat Belt

A Tennessee Highway Patrol crash report indicates Officer Frank Hernandez wasn't wearing his seat belt when he was involved in a crash with Murfreesboro resident Khamphan Phanthala, who the THP report indicates was at fault in the crash.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 2, 2011

Houston Officer Killed by Drunk Driver Remembered as Hero

Will’s last words were a shouted warning that saved the life of a civilian witness Will was interviewing as Johoan Rodriguez’s vehicle crashed through a police barrier and barreled toward them. Rodriguez has been charged in connection with Will’s death.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 23, 2011

Maryland Trooper Killed In Crash Pursuing Motorcycle

Maryland State Trooper Shaft Hunter was killed when his police cruiser crashed into a tractor-trailer while pursuing a motorcycle on I-95 in Howard County. Hunter, 39, was killed at 2:40 a.m. Saturday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 17, 2011

Florida Man Strikes Two Officers with Vehicle

The incident began at about 11 p.m. Saturday, when the officers observed Justin Bradley, 25, smoking a blunt (cannabis cigarette) in his car. Officer Carraway was attempting to retrieve the keys from Bradley when the driver apparently rolled over the officer's foot. Sgt. Towler then attempted to block Bradley's escape with his patrol vehicle; a head-on collision injured both men.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 16, 2011

Pittsburgh Squad and Ambulance Collide

Pittsburgh Police are investigating two cruiser crashes over the weekend, including one patrol car's collision with an ambulance as both were responding to a fatal shooting.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 6, 2011

Boston Cop's SUV Collides with Fire Truck

An off-duty Boston Police officer driving a silver SUV collided with a fire truck Tuesday afternoon in a Mattapan intersection, badly damaging the vehicles and knocking down signal poles.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 6, 2011

Michigan Trooper Crashes During Early Morning Pursuit

Trooper Jeffrey Werda, 43, had responded to a pursuit at 1:30 a.m. today on Birch Run Road in Taymouth Township to help Saginaw County sheriff's deputies with the chase.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 25, 2011

Veteran Maine Game Warden Dies In Plane Crash

Daryl Gordon was flying a department-owned Cessna 185. He was located after a night-long search involving the Maine Forest Service, Maine State Police, the Houlton Air Branch of Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol, and Civil Air Patrol.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2011

Calif. Officer Killed In Crash Had Earned Purple Heart

Cathedral City (Calif.) Police Officer Jermaine Gibson, who was killed late Friday when his cruiser struck a palm tree and burst into flames, was a former Marine who earned the Purple Heart.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 9, 2011

Washington Officer Crashes To Avoid Gunman

A Lakewood (Wash.) Police officer crashed his cruiser, while evading a parked vehicle with a passenger pointing a shotgun at him.

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