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A Dallas police officer was fatally struck by a car early Saturday while directing traffic, police said. About 1:45 a.m. Saturday, Officer Mitchell Penton was helping at the scene of an accident on northbound U.S. Highway 75 near Walnut Hill Lane when a black Kia Forte car driven by a 32-year-old man slammed into his squad car, police said. The …

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