Funeral arrangements have been finalized for Thompsen. State Police said a truck stopped at a rural intersection, then pulled into the roadway and struck the trooper’s motorcycle about 3:40 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18. Thompsen, who was 28, was pronounced dead later that afternoon at Carle Foundation Hospital in Champaign.

An Illinois State Police trooper who was part of a motorcycle patrol was struck and killed by a truck driver in Champaign County Friday afternoon.

Governor JB Pritzker ordered all flags to be lowered in honor of an Illinois State Trooper killed in the line of duty. A collision on Friday claimed the life of 28-year-old trooper Corey S. Thompsen.

A Champaign County woman was ticketed in connection with a crash that claimed the life of an Illinois State Police trooper on Friday afternoon.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An Illinois State Police Trooper died while on-duty after being hit by a truck on Friday. According to ISP, 28-year-old Trooper Corey S. Thompsen was finishing a traffic enforcement detail travelling east on East Leverett Road in Champaign County at around 3:30 p.m.

A driver has been cited after an Illinois State Police trooper was killed in a downstate crash on Friday afternoon.

An Illinois state trooper died from injuries sustained in a crash on Friday afternoon in downstate Champaign County, authorities said.

A 28-year-old Illinois State Police trooper died from his injuries after being struck in a crash in Champaign County.

A driver was cited after an Illinois State Police trooper was killed while on-duty in a downstate car crash Friday afternoon.  Corey Thompsen, the 28-year-old trooper, was driving a motorcycle

A driver was given a citation in connection with a crash that killed an Illinois state trooper in downstate Champaign County, state police said.