FREEPORT – An Illinois State Police Trooper has died Thursday afternoon in a crash near Freeport. Acting Director Brendan F. Kelly confirmed that Trooper Brooke Jones-Story of District 16, was killed in a crash while on a traffic stop in Stephenson County. Authorities say that just before 11:30 a.m., Jones-Story was inspecting a commercial motor vehicle on US Route 20 westbound, just west of Illinois Route 75. Jones-Story was reportedly outside her squad car when she was allegedly struck and fatally wounded. Police say a truck tractor semi-trailer allegedly struck her squad car and the semi 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.
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