An Illinois state trooper was struck and killed Saturday while investigating a traffic crash, police said. Trooper Christopher Lambert, 34, was traveling home on Interstate 294 near Northbrook -- about 25 miles north of Chicago --when he saw a three-car crash and stopped to investigate, Leo Schmitz, director of Illinois State Police, said during a news conference late Saturday. LICENSED GUN OWNER AIDS ILLINOIS COPS IN SHOOTOUT WITH SUSPECT; 1 OFFICER INJURED“He sees a three-vehicle crash, he positions his vehicle in the left-hand lanes so to save the lives of those people in the crash,” Schmitz said. “He was struck and lost his life while he was doing that." “We lost our trooper, we became weaker,” Schmitz said.

Source: Fox News January 13, 2019 07:41 UTC