FREEPORT, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois State Police trooper has been killed when she was struck by a truck during a traffic stop.
State police officials say Trooper Brooke Jones-Story was killed Thursday afternoon in the crash that occurred on Route 20 near Route 75 in Freeport.
Jones-Story is the second state trooper killed in a crash this year. Trooper Christopher Lambert was fatally hit by a vehicle in January while he directed traffic during a snow storm near a crash on I-294 near Northbrook.
Thursday’s accident was the 15th time since January that a state trooper or a police squad car has been struck by motorists. That’s double last year’s total of eight.
State police has pushed recently for motorists to observe the “Move Over Law” when approaching vehicles on the side of the road.
The law requires motorists approaching vehicles along the roadside to slow down and change lanes to provide more space.
