Illinois State Police Lt. Col. David Byrd was the on-call supervisor the night Chicago Fire Department Lt. Scott Gillen was struck and killed while assisting a crash scene in 2000.
In the nearly two decades since, Byrd said, poor driving hasn’t diminished.
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SPRINGFIELD — Illinois State Police Lt. Col. David Byrd was the on-call supervisor the night Chicago Fire Department Lt. Scott Gillen was struck and killed while assisting a crash scene in 2000.
In the nearly two decades since, Byrd said, poor driving hasn’t diminished.
“Nineteen years later, it’s come full circle for me,” Byrd said. “We’re still dealing with the same situation that occurred that night.”
Byrd testified Monday evening on a recent House amendment made to Senate Bill 1862, which would create the Scott’s Law Fund. According to the bill, the fund would be used to produce materials related to educating drivers “on approaching stationary authorized emergency vehicles.”
He said it’s been a difficult year for the Illinois State Police, which has had to deal with the deaths of Troopers Brooke Jones-Story, Jerry Ellis and Chris Lambert in the first five months.