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Illinois trooper killed.

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by slim shady, Mar 28, 2019.

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  1. Mar 28, 2019 #1
    slim shady

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    The move over law hasn't sunk in yet


    ILLINOIS STATE POLICE MOURN THE LOSS OF TROOPER BROOKE JONES-STORY PECATONICA, IL – Illinois State Police (ISP) Acting Director Brendan F. Kelly regretfully announces the line-of-duty death of ISP District 16 (Pecatonica) Trooper Brooke Jones-Story. This afternoon, March 28, 2019, at approximately 11:24 a.m., Trooper Brooke Jones-Story, #5966, was inspecting a commercial motor vehicle on United States Route 20 westbound, just west of Illinois Route 75 in Stephenson County. At approximately 12:20 p.m., Trooper Jones-Story was outside her squad car when she was struck and fatally wounded when a truck tractor semi-trailer combination struck her squad car and the semi Trooper Jones-Story was inspecting. “Today is a dark day for the Illinois State Police family. This is the six-year anniversary of the death of another Trooper, and now another brave soul, Trooper Brooke Jones-Story, has made the ultimate sacrifice for people of this state. At this very moment, the men and women of the ISP are responding and focused on the job and mission, because that’s what Trooper Jones-Story would do,” stated Acting Director Kelly. Trooper Jones-Story was a 12-year veteran of the Illinois State Police District 16 in Pecatonica. Additional information will be released once it becomes available. Trooper Brooke Jones-Story ###
     
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  3. Mar 28, 2019 #2
    Chinatown

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    Troopers all over the nation will give a trucker a big ticket for parking on the shoulder of a highway, but then they do something more dangerous by having trucks park there to do a DOT inspection.
     
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  4. Mar 28, 2019 #3
    GypsyWanderlust

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    I hate to say it but sometimes you can’t move over and all you can do is slow down. I’ve seen squad cars parked into the travel lane before blocking part of the lane. All it takes it one driver to make a mistake and that is it. The FAA doesn’t inspect planes on the taxiway so I’m not sure why cops feel the need to do one on the highway. There are more than enough coups doing inspections. It is a bummer of a way to go through.
     
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  5. Mar 28, 2019 #4
    SteerTire

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    Washington set up the portables within the city limits of Sumner. Blocked the right lane, within 100 feet of a very busy rail crossing.

    Not a smart idea IMHO. But I don’t have a badge.
     
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  7. Mar 28, 2019 #5
    GypsyWanderlust

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    The difference is that if a trooper does something stupid and gets killed they lower flags and change laws. If a trucker gets killed, well that happens every day and nobody really notices.
     
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  8. Mar 28, 2019 #6
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    I hear ya', as tragic as this is, you'd think someone with 12 years would know, a shoulder is way too dangerous a place to do an inspection. "Gave the ultimate sacrifice for the people of the state", what, inspecting a stupid truck? I've seen cops do some stupid things, as if they are invincible and totally oblivious to traffic, perhaps because they are so focused on the actual stop itself. And the driver that schmucked into this mess, killing a trooper,,,whew, they're free days are done.
     
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  9. Mar 28, 2019 #7
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    Talk about a "level one"...
     
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    lovesthedrive

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    People keep it up, one of these days they will just shut the road down to keep officers safe
     
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  12. Mar 28, 2019 #10
    truckdriver31

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    thats like the 15th or 16th trooper killed so far doing the same stuff.
     
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