ISP Trooper Killed
An Illinois state trooper was fatally struck by a vehicle Monday night while removing debris on Interstate 55 near Channahon.
Just after 9:40 p.m., 35-year-old state trooper Clay M. Carns was removing debris from a southbound lane of I-55 near Blodgett Road when he was struck by a passing vehicle, Illinois state police said.
Carns was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Joliet, where he died about an hour later, state police said.
On the anniversary of Scott's Law of all days:
The crash occurred on what is known as Scott’s Law or “Move Over” Law day in Illinois.
Scott’s Law Day was established in memory of Chicago Fire Department Lt. Scott Gillian who was struck and killed while responding to an early morning traffic accident on the Bishop Ford Freeway on Dec. 23, 2000.
Scott’s Law, which was enacted in 2002, requires drivers to change lanes when approaching stationary emergency vehicles, including highway maintenance vehicles displaying flashing lights, and any stationary vehicle with their hazard lights activated. If changing lanes isn’t possible, vehicles are required to slow down and proceed with caution.
An eleven-year vet survived by his wife, two kids and parents, taken during what should be a joyous holiday season.
Prayers and deepest sympathies to his family, friends and co-workers.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
33 Comments:
When I was a young officer, I worked in 005 and 007. I eventually ended up in the Traffic EnforcemenyUnit patrolling LSD and the Skyway. Hands down, it was the most dangerous place I worked.
I handled an accident of Cline’s assistant, Sheri Mecklenburg on SB LSD approaching Monroe. Ernie Brown showed up and Sheri was amazed at how dangerous handling a LSD accident as cars sped past us. Even at LSD speed limit of 40 mph, a vehicle at that speed will travel around 60 feet per second. A 70 mph, a vehicle will travel around a 100 feet per second-in three seconds, that’s a football field.
Tragedy.
R.I.P sad thing to happen, even worse during this time of year.
Best wishes to all our troopers, many great folks.
Again R.I.P.
RIP Brother. This is extremely sad.
Begs the question, with giant IDOT trucks and minute men on the roadway, why do we send police to this thing? I get folks could be hurt by it, but it's 2025 almost.... why can we not do this safer!?
Thank you for your service young man and prayers for your family and friends
So sad...
Sincere condolences to his family and our brothers and sisters on the ISP.
RIP Trooper.
Horrific
If the law requires drivers to move over and slow down for parked emergency and maintenance vehicles, then the media shouldn't be critical when reporting "gapers blocks".
Life in prison for killing someone in a crash if at fault. The penalty for causing death should be death.
Sad any time but this close to Christmas really makes you feel for the family.
Thanks to the safety act. The offender was home in time for Christmas!!
The gut punch when we loose another never lessons.
My thoughts exactly, or a contracted towing company.
RIP brave man....
RIP brother.
Definitely a tough job. Those guys work by themselves in rough conditions.
You Ever See any Minute Men out that far on I 55?
You’re cream cheese if the unfortunate event occurs. Literally ZERO chance of survival. Even when just clipped by a mirror at 70mph, any vehicle at that speed is deadly. I don’t know how ISP road dogs keep doing it. I hear their bosses keep asking for FIVE contacts a shift.
Horrible news! My prayers go out to the Trooper’s friends and family!
Heartbreaking.
I firmly believe one of the worse decision CPD and ISP has made is equipping vehicles with those brighter than the sun blue/red LED lights. The other night I drove past a trooper's traffic stop and literally saw into what I thought another dimension. I'd rather stare directly at the sun. That's incredibly blindingly bright the rear lights were. Not saying this was the case in this incident but target fixation is a real phenomenon.
Rest in peace Troop.
Godspeed, young Trooper.
Downtown Ernie Brown was a decent commander always ready to roll up and help coppers on a stop.
I agree. The new LED MARS lights are blinding to the point of seeing spots before your eyes even after you pass the scene. They create blind spots for anyone on foot at the scene.
Was Sheri in her booster seat? Otherwise she couldn't see over the dashboard.
Bring back railroad flares. They were great for closing a lane and drivers were afraid of passing over them.
Your right. 20 years ago they made lights with a day and night mode. At night you could cut the power down to where the lights wouldn't burn your retinas and blind you for 20 minutes afterwards.
There's a school of thought that drunks tend to aim for the bright lights thinking it's the roadway. Can't tell you how many hundreds of Troopers have been rear-ended by drunks while they were parked on the shoulder.
I agree. They are so bad, people are drawn to them like moths to light. Very dangerous
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You have never worked the highway have you?
Fuck you ! Put on your Joe Biden Ray Bans ! I worked out there when we had one "Gumball Machine light on the car! Just tell your daddy to slow down and get in the other fucking lane Junior!
The Minutemen don't go out that far. After hours, outside of the Metro Chicago & St. Louis area, ISP deals with picking up debris in the road way and motorist aid as part of their regular duties.
We have a GoFundMe going for his family if you are interested. https://www.gofundme.com/f/gy6-support-trooper-clay-carns-family
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