'Dark day' for Illinois State Police as another trooper hit by vehicle, killed on the job
CHICAGO - Ever since an Illinois state trooper was hit by a car and killed in January near Northbrook - followed by a spate of other crashes into stopped squad cars - officials have been on a campaign to get drivers to slow down and move over for emergency vehicles.
Those pleas were repeated again Thursday when, despite recent public awareness efforts by law enforcement, another state trooper died when she was hit by a truck while conducting a traffic stop west of Rockford.
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