A Tennessee woman has been charged in a wrong-way crash that killed Officer Destin Legieza of the Brentwood (TN) Police Department late last week.
Officer Destin Legieza—a five-year veteran with the department a third-generation law enforcement officer—was pronounced dead shortly after a head-on vehicle collision.
Video from the scene showed the LAPD SUV smashed against the rear passenger side of the tow truck, with a car and SUV also involved in the crash.
An officer with the Portland (OR) Police Department and a female civilian motorist were injured in a vehicle collision on Saturday in Southeast Portland.
Responding EMS personnel placed a neck brace on the officer before loading him into an ambulance to be transported to a nearby hospital.
The two troopers who were injured had reportedly deployed a spike strip on the road and were removing it, when a Hammond police unit involved in the chase hit them.
Maser succumbed to his injuries after several deputies and emergency personnel from the Idaho Falls Fire Department attempted life-saving measures from the scene to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
An Alabama State Trooper was chasing what was believed to be a stolen vehicle. The vehicle crashed into a semi and the suspect fled. He was captured and not hurt.
A video of the release from a New York hospital of an officer who had been badly injured in a vehicle collision on Long Island has surfaced on social media, showing the officer being wheeled out of the medical facility to the applause of officers flanking the exit walkway.
An officer with the New Berlin (WI) Police Department was injured and several other motorists were briefly hospitalized after being involved in a multi-car traffic collision on Tuesday morning.