HAAS Alert protects first responders and roadway workers who risk their lives every day to serve their communities. Collisions account for many of the injuries and deaths in these professions. Each month, we publish a roundup of struck-by incidents to highlight the dangers responders face and to call for stronger safety measures.

News We're Tracking:

• CarBuzz and Collision Week both covered the announcement of HAAS Alert's partnership with Mazda North American Operations and AAA, highlighting how the three companies are extending real-time safety beyond the vehicle by warning approaching drivers when a Mazda is stopped on the roadside.
  
  
• YourErie.com and Erie News Now covered the press conference announcing the rollout of HAAS Alert's Safety Cloud at Fuller Hose, Crescent Hose, Brookside, Harborcreek, and Greenfield Township fire departments, with both stories centering on the legacy of Shawn Giles, a veteran and firefighter struck and killed while responding to a fire, and the effort to protect first responders in his memory.
  
  
• North Myrtle Beach Fire Rescue (SC) was featured in the North Myrtle Beach Times for its recent fleet and technology upgrades, including its fleet-wide rollout of HAAS Alert. After generating nearly 2,000 automated driver warnings during an initial trial across three units, the department expanded Safety Cloud across its entire emergency vehicle fleet.
  
  
• Brock Aun, Chief Strategy Officer at HAAS Alert, was featured on the Jon Myer Podcast, Powered by Myer Media, joining Jon Shallant of CloudSmart and Colette from AWS Worldwide Public Sector for a conversation on how real-time digital alerting is transforming road safety.
  
  
• The New Melle Fire Protection District (MO) was featured in the Boone County Connection, a community newsletter serving the New Melle area, after being awarded a Missouri Highway Safety grant to expand its use of HAAS Alert Safety Cloud. The grant will fund Safety Cloud installations in eight additional emergency response vehicles, bringing the technology to the majority of the district's frontline fleet.
  
  
• Automotive journalist Roger Lanctot wrote a LinkedIn piece highlighting how HAAS Alert's Safety Cloud provides validated, real-time emergency vehicle alerts that prompt drivers to slow down or move over, while contrasting the system with Google Maps' user-reported "police ahead" alerts. The article also highlights HAAS Alert's growing partner ecosystem and the importance of connected technology in improving emergency response safety.

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• Wayne's Heavy Towing & Recovery (ON) shared a self-produced video on Facebook that's gone viral, highlighting their Safety Cloud implementation and the role digital alerts can play in protecting roadside workers.
  
  
• Hennepin EMS (MN) shared a LinkedIn post celebrating HAAS Alert now being fully installed across its fleet. In July alone, the system alerted 69,219 drivers to responding ambulances and helped reduce their speeds by 17.6%.

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• The Turlock Fire Department (CA) posted about their recent Safety Cloud deployment on Facebook.
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• Millstone Township School District (NJ) shared a Facebook post ahead of the new school year highlighting its deployment of HAAS Alert's Safety Cloud across its bus fleet. The district was the first in New Jersey to deploy the technology, and since going live in November 2025, reported stop-arm violations dropped 47% compared with the same period last year.
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• The North Myrtle Beach Fire Department (SC) shared on Facebook that it alerted more than 10,000 drivers during its first month on the Safety Cloud network.
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• Guilderland Emergency Medical Services (NY) addressed their community via Facebook to explain the critical role drivers play in helping the agency get to and from emergency scenes quickly and safely. The department noted that it sent more than 4,000 alerts last month, and only 6.1% of drivers slowed down.
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Collisions

• A San Antonio Police Department (TX) officer was involved in a crash while responding to a call. The patrol vehicle collided with another vehicle while the officer was en route. The officer and the other driver were evaluated by EMS, and no injuries were reported.
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• A Nashville Police Department (TN) officer was injured in a crash while working a separate crash scene. A vehicle struck a patrol car, triggering a multi-vehicle collision involving four vehicles. The officer and other drivers were transported for treatment, and the officer was later released from the hospital.
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• A Harrisburg Police Department (PA) cruiser was involved in a collision after another vehicle struck the occupied patrol vehicle. Two officers were inside the cruiser at the time, and no injuries were reported. Both vehicles required towing, and the incident was determined to be a minor crash.
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• Two Houston Fire Department (TX) vehicles were involved in separate collisions with METRORail trains in July. Investigations determined both incidents were caused by fire department vehicle operators failing to yield or follow traffic signals. Multiple people were injured across the two crashes, including firefighters and train passengers.
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• A Melvin Fire Department (IA) fire truck was involved in a collision that injured an 11-year-old passenger and totaled the apparatus. The fire truck was struck by a pickup after the driver failed to yield, causing the vehicle to overturn. The passenger was transported to a hospital, and the crash remains under investigation.
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• A Suffolk County Sheriff's Department (MA) corrections officer was tragically killed after being struck by a vehicle while assisting a stranded driver. Corporal Brett Martin, a 17-year department veteran, was transported to a hospital after the incident and later died from his injuries.
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• An ambulance was involved in a collision that left one person dead and two others injured in Lawrence County (IL). The ambulance was responding to an emergency call when a side-by-side failed to stop and struck the vehicle. The side-by-side driver was pronounced dead at the scene, and the ambulance crew and passengers were transported to a hospital.
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• An America Emergency Squad ambulance was involved in a collision while transporting a patient to a hospital in Springfield (NJ). Two EMTs, an EMT student, the patient, and the other driver were transported to the hospital with non-critical injuries. The EMS personnel were later released.
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• A Cahokia Heights Fire Department (IL) fire truck was involved in a multi-vehicle crash while responding to an emergency with its lights activated. A truck struck a passenger vehicle after the driver slowed down in response to the approaching fire truck, then collided with the emergency vehicle, causing it to leave the roadway and overturn. Three people were injured, including one passenger in the fire truck, with all injuries reported as non-life-threatening.
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• A Theodore-Dawes Fire Rescue (AL) fire engine and Mobile County EMS ambulance were struck while working a crash on I-10 after a passing driver failed to recognize the emergency vehicles. No firefighters, paramedics, or the patient being treated were injured, while the driver who struck the vehicles was transported to the hospital. The fire engine was intentionally positioned as a protective barrier, absorbing the impact and helping prevent more serious injuries.
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• An Olive Township Fire Department (MI) fire truck collided with a motorcycle Tuesday night, seriously injuring the motorcycle driver and his 17-year-old passenger. The motorcycle driver was airlifted to a Grand Rapids hospital, while the fire truck driver and passenger were not injured.
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• Five NYPD officers and a civilian (NY) were injured when two police cruisers collided while responding to a robbery with lights and sirens. The cruisers then struck a civilian vehicle, which hit two parked cars. All six people were transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
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• A Durham Police Assistant Chief (NC) was placed on administrative leave after allegedly being involved in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 540. According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, the department vehicle struck another vehicle before continuing to drive. No serious injuries were reported, and the assistant chief faces three charges related to the incident.
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• Two teenage EMS members with Huntingtown Volunteer Fire Department (MD) were seriously injured when an ambulance crashed while transporting an elderly patient. Both 16-year-old EMS members suffered head injuries and were flown to a Washington, D.C. trauma center for treatment. A third EMS member was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while the patient was also evaluated.
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• In Rochester, New York, an ambulance collided with a passenger vehicle downtown early Friday morning, sending the driver of the car to the hospital with upper-body pain. No one in the ambulance was injured.
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• Five FDNY firefighters and 14 civilians were hospitalized after an MTA Bus collided with a fire truck in the Bronx. The circumstances of the collision remain under investigation, though surveillance footage showed both vehicles entering the intersection and swerving before impact.
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• Four people were injured when a Charlotte Fire Department (NC) fire apparatus collided with another vehicle while responding to an emergency call near SouthPark mall. No firefighters were injured, while all four occupants of the other vehicle were transported to a local hospital for evaluation. The circumstances surrounding the crash remain under investigation.
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• Five people were injured in a hit-and-run crash involving a Clark County Fire Department (NV) ambulance and fire truck on I-15 south of Las Vegas. The emergency vehicles were responding to an earlier crash when another vehicle collided with them and a car involved in the original incident before fleeing the scene. Five people were transported to the hospital, including one by Life Flight, while no fire personnel were injured. The crash also caused a large diesel spill that closed the southbound interstate for several hours.
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• The Upton Fire Department (KY) has had two fire trucks struck by distracted drivers on I-65 in the past three months. The latest collision tore the front bumper off a truck positioned to protect a crash scene, causing an estimated $5,000 in damage. A separate crash in May totaled another fire engine after it was rear-ended by a semitruck, leaving the small rural department facing a replacement cost that could exceed $600,000.
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• A Memphis Police Department (TN) officer was involved in a two-vehicle crash near the airport early Friday morning after moving into another lane and being struck from behind by another driver. The officer's vehicle spun out of control, but no injuries were reported.
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• A Jenks Police (OK) patrol vehicle was struck while responding to a medical emergency involving a student at a local school. A northbound vehicle clipped the patrol car at an intersection, causing it to land on its side, hit the median, and roll back upright. No severe injuries were reported.
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• A Cal Fire (CA) vehicle responding to a structure fire with emergency lights and sirens activated crashed with two civilian vehicles, injuring the firefighter driving and two other people.
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• A private ambulance responding to an emergency with its lights and sirens activated was struck by an Acura SUV that failed to yield at an intersection in North Chicago, causing the ambulance to roll onto its side.
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• In more tragic news, an ambulance transporting a patient for an emergency medical flight collided with another vehicle in Kentucky, seriously injuring the ambulance driver and a passenger in the other vehicle. All three were hospitalized and the crash remains under investigation.
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• A Chicago police officer and a passenger were injured in a crash in Garfield Ridge. The officer was driving a Chicago PD squad car when he was struck by a sedan turning into a parking lot.
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• A Kansas City police patrol vehicle with its lights and sirens activated was struck yesterday afternoon. The officer was slowing to approach a local intersection when a Ford struck the patrol vehicle.