GREEN OAKS, IL. (THECOUNT) — Trooper Gerald Ellis has been identified as the victim in a fatal Saturday morning crash near Green Oaks, Michigan.
Ellis, 36, was on-duty, on his way home in his cruiser on Interstate 94 in Green Oaks, when the fatal head-on crash occurred before 3:30 a.m. Saturday.
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Reports from the scene say, a wrong-way driver struck the trooper head-on north of Chicago.
Ellis was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead of multiple blunt force trauma injuries.
“While the men and women of the Illinois State Police are still grieving our recent loss, it is with profound heartache and unfathomable sadness that we inform you of the death of another fallen trooper, Trooper Gerald Ellis. Trooper Ellis laid down his life while protecting the citizens of this state,” said Brendan Kelly, acting director. Source KSDK.
Ellis was with the Illinois State Police for 11 years.
No other information on the deadly incident were provided by officials.
The crash remains under investigation.
Geo quick facts: Green Oaks is a village in Libertyville Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,866 at the 2010 census – Wikipedia.
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