By Tribune Staff • EDWARDSVILLE — Chief Investigator Lee Brousseau of the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office is recovering at a Chicago hospital following the amputation of a foot that he injured in a car crash eight years ago, when he was a police officer.
Brousseau suffered the injury in an on-duty car crash in 2018, while serving as a Pontoon Beach Police officer. A pickup swerved into Brousseau’s lane and struck his patrol vehicle.
Brousseau has undergone multiple medical procedures since the crash and has had to contend with persistent pain. Recently, his mobility also became affected. After consultation with his doctors, Brousseau chose to undergo an amputation and later he will receive a prosthesis…