Authorities report that Corey Thompsen, 28, was involved in a crash on East Leverett Road at County Road 1300E in Champaign County. Investigators haven't said what led to the two-car crash.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. â An Illinois State Patrol officer has been killed in a two-vehicle crash in Champaign County on Friday.Authorities report that Corey Thompsen, 28, was involved in a crash on East Leverett Road at County Road 1300E in Champaign County.Thompson was on duty around 3:42 p.m. finishing a traffic enforcement detail traveling east on East Leverett Road approaching Country Road 1300 E. A truck was traveling south on Country Road 1300 E.
He had served five years with the state patrol.The driver of the truck, Helen Torres, 32, of Thomasboro, Illinois, was taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Torres was cited for failing to yield the right of way at a stop intersection and with no valid driver's license.Gov. JB Pritzker offered Thompson's wife and parents his condolences, saying 'he should have had a long life of service ahead of him.
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