Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – Just hours after “Work Zone Awareness Week” was announced…An Illinois State Police (ISP) Trooper squad car was sideswiped. At approximately 12:40 PM Yesterday, an ISP Trooper was stopped on the shoulder of I-55 northbound near East Lake Shore Drive conducting a commercial motor vehicle inspection on a truck-tractor semi-trailer. The emergency lights were activated, and the trooper was seen visual inspecting the semi. A U-Haul truck pulling a trailer failed to move over and sideswiped the squad car. ISP cited the U-Haul driver, 79-year-old Lynn Pulfrey
of Rockford, IL, for Improper Lane Usage and a Scott’s Law and/or Move Over Law violation…. No Injuries were reported!

 

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