ILLINOIS STATE POLICE
Hiram Grau - Director
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| Date: October 30, 2012 | Trooper Mike Link |
| Time: 3:45 p.m. | 618.346.3524 - Office |
| 618.973.3050 - Cell | |
| mike.link@isp.state.il.us |
Illinois State Police Traffic Crash Alert
Car Crashes into Rear of Illinois State Police Patrol Motorcycle
WHAT: Personal Injury Crash, Crash 11-12-2349,
WHERE: IL Rt. 4 just north of East Wesley Street in Lebanon.
WHEN: October 30, 2012, 11:36 a.m.
VEHICLES: Unit one: White 2004 Toyota Corolla.
Unit two: Illinois State Police patrol motorcycle.
DRIVERS: Unit one: Mr. Jonathon R. Porter, age 24, of St. Louis MO.
Unit two: Illinois State Police Trooper (five year veteran) assigned to District 11 (Collinsville).
SEATBELTS: Mr. Porter was wearing his seat belt and the Trooper was wearing a helmet.
CAUSE: Mr. Porter failed to reduce his speed.
TRANSPORTS: Medstar Ambulance transported the Trooper to St. Louis University Hospital.
CONDITIONS: The Trooper was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and has been released. Mr. Porter was not injured.
PRELIMINARY: An Illinois State Police (ISP) patrol motorcycle was traveling north on Illinois Route 4 in Lebanon. A dump truck had also been traveling north on Illinois Route 4 ahead of the motorcycle. The dump truck pulled into the southbound lane and stopped approximately 250 feet north of East Wesley Street. The dump truck then attempted to back into a private drive on the west side of Illinois Route 4. The ISP motorcycle came to a stop in the northbound lane, just south of the dump truck. The Toyota was unable to stop in time and rear ended the ISP motorcycle.
CHARGES: Mr. Porter was charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid and accident and operation of a motor vehicle with no valid registration.
All people are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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