Illinois state trooper fatally struck on roadside during highway traffic stop.
on Thursday when a semitrailer slammed into her during a highway traffic stop.
Brendan Kelly, acting director of Illinois State Police, said she was a 12-year veteran of the force and the wife of a retired Illinois State Police officer. He described her death as "tragic and untimely." "These troopers are just doing their jobs and trying to protect everyone. How many times does this have to happen? How many more have to be hurt or killed?" he asked, noting the uptick in similar officer-involved crashes over the last few months.
Illinois state trooper Brooke Jones-Story, 34, was conducting a traffic stop on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 20 when a truck crashed into her. "Our state troopers do incredible work keeping the public safe, and it is devastating to the entire state that another has been killed on the side of a highway," Pritzker said in a statement. "I cannot stress strongly enough -- when you see an emergency vehicle on the side of the road, change lanes or slow down. It’s the law, and it’s the only decent thing to do."
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