CHAMPAIGN, IL, (Chambana Today) – Twenty-eight-year-old Illinois State Police trooper Corey Thompson died on Friday afternoon after being involved in a traffic crash while on duty. The two-vehicle accident occurred around just after 3:30 p.m. on East Leverett Rd. and County Road near Champaign. Although details surrounding the crash are still under investigation, Thompsen was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:32 p.m.
“It is with a heavy heart and immeasurable sadness that I inform you of the death of Trooper Corey S. Thompsen,” Illinois State Police (ISP) Director Brendan Kelly said in a statement. “We ask the public to give Trooper Thompsen’s family, and his ISP family, time while we grieve and work through this tragedy.”
Thompsen had served almost five years with the ISP. He is survived by his wife, mother, and father.