Tag: Vehicle Accidents

Patrol
MI Trooper Responding to Call Struck by Suspected Drunk Driver
A trooper dispatched to an emergency call in Livingston County shortly after 6 p.m. was responding with emergency lights activated when a vehicle making a left turn crossed into his path and crashed into the patrol car.
July 20, 2022
Patrol
Video Shows SC Officer Rescuing Woman from Wrecked, Burning Car
Field Training Officer Doug Richards came across the accident scene around 1:30 a.m. on I-26 after a truck and the car collided. He saw smoke and flames coming from the wrecked car’s engine compartment and responded with the fire extinguisher from his patrol unit.
July 20, 2022
The Mount Pleasant Police Department released a video, taken from both the officer’s body-worn camera and the patrol unit’s dashcam, that shows when FTO Doug Richards rescued a woman as he was driving home after a duty shift.
Patrol
OH Deputy Rescues Fawns After Mother is Killed
In Ohio, a Belmont County Sheriff’s Office deputy and a state trooper rescued two fawns after the mother deer was struck and killed on Interstate 70.
June 1, 2022
Sgt. Tom DeVaul, of the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office, holds two fawns he rescued after their mother was struck and killed on Interstate 70.
Patrol
WA Trooper Tweets About Car Folded in Half in Semi Truck Wreck
According to Trooper Rocky Oliphant, the truck struck the Altima from behind, before eventually coming to rest on top of the flattened vehicle.
November 17, 2021
Veteran Washington State Trooper Rocky Oliphant says this wreck was unlike any he has ever seen. (Photo: Trooper Rocky Oliphant/Twitter)
Special Units
Video: Florida Officer Jumps From Boat Seconds Before Collision
A marine officer with the Fort Meyers (FL) Police Department leaped from his patrol boat to the dock just seconds before another vessel crashed into it.
January 10, 2020
Fort Meyers
Patrol
Video: Ohio Officer, Good Samaritan Pull Man from Burning Vehicle
An officer with the Canton (OH) Police Department was assisted by a good Samaritan in pulling a man from a burning vehicle that had crashed into a residence.
November 22, 2019
An officer with the Canton (OH) Police Department was assisted by a good Samaritan in pulling a man from a burning vehicle that had crashed into a residence.
Patrol
Georgia Officer Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash
Officers said Officer Jarvis Rushin, 28, was thrown from the car and was pronounced dead at the scene.
August 6, 2019
Atlanta (GA) Police Department Officer Jarvis Rushin, 28, was killed in a single-vehicle crash Monday.
Patrol
Video: Missouri Officer Suspended for "Distracted Driving" Crash with Bicyclist
A police officer with the Peculiar (MO) Police Department has been suspended after a "distracted driving" collision with a stationary bicyclist.
July 31, 2018
A Missouri police officer has been suspended after a 'distracted driving' collision with a bicyclist. Photo: KMBC-TV screenshot
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