Beth Hundsdorfer

2 weeks ago | effinghamdailynews.com | Beth Hundsdorfer

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2 weeks ago | qctimes.com | Beth Hundsdorfer

SPRINGFIELD — For a moment, Illinois State Trooper Alex Womack was flying, tumbling in mid-air, alternately seeing sky then ground. He doesn’t remember hitting the road. He regained consciousness and realized he had been hit by a truck and was lying in the middle of a darkened interstate near East St. Louis, unable to move, with cars traveling 70 mph headed toward him. He remembers seeing the oncoming headlights. “I was able to raise my one arm off the ground,” Womack said.

2 weeks ago | thechicagolandjournal.com | Beth Hundsdorfer

The crash that killed Carns happened 24 years to the day after Chicago Fire Department Lt. Scott Gillen died after he was struck by a passing car at an accident scene. The legislation that later became known as Scott’s Law was named for Gillen. The 2019 deaths of two troopers in an eight-week period once again put the Move Over Law in the spotlight. On Jan. 12, 2019, Trooper Christopher Lambert died after a crash on Interstate 294 in Cook County.

2 weeks ago | dailyherald.com | Beth Hundsdorfer

Trooper Alex Womack stands beside his wrecked squad. Womack sustained arm, leg and back injuries and required more than a year off work to recover. Capitol News Illinois For a moment, Illinois State Trooper Alex Womack was flying, tumbling in mid-air, alternately seeing sky then ground. He doesn’t remember hitting the road.

2 weeks ago | wmbdradio.com | Beth Hundsdorfer |Julia Bradley

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) –For a moment, Illinois State Trooper Alex Womack was flying, tumbling in mid-air, alternately seeing sky then ground. He doesn’t remember hitting the road. He regained consciousness and realized he had been hit by a truck and was lying in the middle of a darkened interstate near East St. Louis, unable to move with cars traveling 70 mph headed toward him. He remembers seeing the oncoming headlights.