Illinois State Police trooper hurt in crash on Chicago’s South Side

An Illinois state trooper was hospitalized Wednesday night after being involved in a car crash on Chicago’s South Side.

Police said at 4:56 p.m., the trooper was driving south on Wentworth Avenue near 51st Street — close to the Dan Ryan Expressway and also right near the Chicago Police Wentworth Area Headquarters — when a red Ford sedan ran a red light and struck his squad car on the passenger said.

All the airbags were blown up…

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