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Chicago, IL – An Illinois State Police trooper is recovering after a stolen vehicle slammed into a marked squad car during a traffic stop early Sunday morning in Chicago, leaving the patrol vehicle heavily damaged and sending two people to the hospital.
According to Illinois State Police, the crash happened at approximately 12:18 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of 75th Street and Yates Avenue on the city’s South Side. The trooper had stopped at a traffic light when a black Chrysler sedan traveling westbound on 75th Street was struck by a northbound BMW on Yates Avenue…