RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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Saturday, April 6, 2019
Gerald Ellis, Hero-- Part 2: Dies Saving Lives in a Wrong-Way Crash
From the March 30, 3019, ABC News "Illinois state trooper Gerald Ellis dies in a wrong-way crash, 2nd officer killed in a roadside accident this week."
Officer Gerald Ellis, 36, and an 11-year-veteran was killed in the line of duty early Saturday morning at 3:30 am after being struck by a vehicle driving in the wrong direction on I-94. He was in his squad car and headed home when he saw a vehicle driving east in the westbound lanes.
To keep the other car from smashing into others who were behind him, he intentionally crashed his squad car into the oncoming one. Both he and the other driver, who had been drinking, were killed.
Now, that is the ultimate sacrifice.
Ellis is the second Illinois State Trooper killed this week. Brooke Jones-Story, 34, a 12-year-veteran was struck during a traffic stop. Another State Trooper was killed in January.
A Dangerous Job.
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