Illinois State Police trooper injured after driver strikes squad car on I-94

COOK COUNTY, Sick. – An Illinois State Police trooper was damage after a car crashed into their squad automotive on I-94 Friday evening in Cook dinner County.

The trooper’s car was blocking visitors from coming into the flooded southbound lanes of Interstate 94 round 8:20 p.m. as a result of a significant storm that had handed by way of the realm, in line with ISP.

A 2018 Jeep Compass that was touring southbound failed to maneuver over to keep away from the squad automotive, which had its emergency lights activated. The Jeep crashed into the passenger facet of the squad automotive whereas the trooper was nonetheless contained in the car, state police mentioned.

The trooper was transported to a neighborhood hospital to be handled for non-life-threatening accidents, officers mentioned.

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The driving force of the Jeep, 62-year-old Zeina Youmaran, was issued a quotation for Scott’s Regulation, which requires folks to decelerate and transfer over at any time when they method an emergency car with their lights activated.

Violators of Scott’s Regulation face a wonderful of a minimum of $250 or greater than $10,000 for a primary offense.