Illinois trooper speaking to trucker struck and injured by one other semi truck

Illinois State Police (ISP) are reminding drivers to obey Scott’s Legislation after a state trooper was struck by a passing huge rig whereas gathering data from one other truck driver on Tuesday.

The incident happened at 7:25 a.m. on October 18 in Effingham, Illinois, as a trooper was investigating a earlier automobile vs. pedestrian visitors crash.

ISP says that the trooper was parked on the shoulder behind a semi truck on the ramp from U.S. Route 45 to Interstate 57 southbound in Effingham. The trooper’s cruiser had emergency lights activated.

“The Trooper was gathering data from the driving force of the truck-tractor semi-trailer (TTST) concerned in an earlier hit-and-run. The Trooper was on the driving force’s aspect exterior floorboard of the TTST’s cab partially within the automobile, when a passing TTST struck the Trooper and the cab,” ISP stated.

The trooper was taken to the hospital with non life-threatening accidents.

Texas-based truck driver Eric D. Trevino, 42, was cited for violation of Scott’s Legislation – Improper Passing of a Stationary Emergency Automobile.

ISP is reminding drivers to maneuver over for emergency automobiles:

There have been 19 ISP squad vehicles struck in relation to the Transfer Over Legislation and eight Troopers have sustained accidents from Transfer Over Legislation-related crashes. ISP is reminding the general public of the necessities of the Transfer Over Legislation, in any other case referred to as the “Scott’s Legislation.” When approaching an emergency automobile, or any automobile with their emergency or hazard lights activated, drivers are required to decelerate AND transfer over. An individual who violates Scott’s Legislation, commits a enterprise offense and faces a wonderful of a minimum of $250 or greater than $10,000 for a primary offense. If the violation ends in damage to a different individual, the violator’s driver’s license might be suspended for a compulsory interval of anyplace between six months and two years.