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Illinois State Trooper hit and killed along highway in northern Illinois

This is already the 15th time a trooper has been involved in a crash along the road this year. This is the second trooper killed in such a crash this year.

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PECATONICA, Ill. — Another Illinois State Trooper was hit while inspecting a car on the side of the road, and for the second time this year, the crash was deadly.

A release from the Illinois State Police said Trooper Brooke Jones-Story stopped to inspect a commercial vehicle along the westbound lanes of U.S. Route 20 near Illinois Route 75 at around 11:30. About 50 minutes later, a tractor-trailer struck her squad car and the vehicle she was inspecting, killing Jones-Story.

Jones-Story was a 12-year veteran of the Illinois State Police District 16 in Pecatonica.

Earlier this week, the Illinois State Police held a press conference urging drivers to follow the move-over law in the state because more than a dozen troopers had been struck in 2019.

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