Crime & Safety
I-94 Crash Near Deerfield Injures State Trooper
Officer hospitalized with minor injuries.
An Illinois State Police trooper was hospitalized Sunday after crashing on I-94 near the Deerfield Road exit, according to the Daily Herald.
The website states the officer was cut off by another vehicle in a northbound lane on the Tri-State-Tollway around 4 p.m.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the trooper apparently lost control, hit a guardrail and then slammed into the retaining wall on the left shoulder underneath the overpass of the Deerfield Road exit. One lane was blocked to traffic for about an hour.
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According to the Daily Herald, The trooper sustained minor injuries and was transported to Highland Park Hospital. No one else was injured.
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