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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that the name of the trooper is Clay Carns, which was incorrectly ...
Scott’s Law, also known as the Move Over Law, requires that all vehicles move over, if possible, or slow down when passing a ...
Submitted by the family of fallen Illinois State Trooper Clay Carns. Carns died in December 2024 after being struck by a vehicle while clearing debris from the road. To everyone who showed up ...
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 ...
In 2024, there were more crashes than in the past five years — 27 in all — including a fatal collision that killed Trooper Troy Clay Carns, an 11-year veteran and father of two. Carns died Dec ...
Since 2019, there have been In 2024, there were more crashes than in the past five years — 27 in all — including a fatal collision that killed Trooper Clay Carns, an 11-year veteran and father ...
By BETH HUNDSDORFER   Capitol News Illinois  [email protected]  For a moment, Illinois State Trooper Alex ...