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By A.J. Harris
DOWNERS GROVE – Another Illinois State Police trooper was tragically struck and killed on the interstate over the weekend.
36-year-old Trooper Gerald Ellis was traveling westbound on I-94 near Green Oaks when a wrong-way driver, traveling east in the westbound lanes, ran head on into Trooper Ellis.
He was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, and succumbed to those injuries at about 4:04 a.m. on Saturday.
ISP Acting Director Brendan Kelly says that Trooper Ellis laid down his life while protecting citizens of the state, and asks that the public respectfully give consideration to both the family and the ISP as they work through this tragedy.
This is the 16th incident of a trooper being hit by a vehicle and third time life has been lost so far this year.
A.J. Harris can be reached at [email protected]