State police mourn loss of trooper killed after stopping to help accident victims

By: Mike Lowe, wgntv.com

SKOKIE, Ill. — Law enforcement agencies across the region are mourning the death of Illinois State Trooper Christopher Lambert after he was struck by a car and killed Saturday after stopping to help victims of an accident while he was on his way home.

Flying at half staff, the flags snapped to attention outside of Illinois State Police Post 15 in Downers Grove Sunday. Inside, a portrait of 34-year-old Trooper Christopher Lambert wreathed in purple and black served as a memorial to the man who lost his life protecting the public.

Accompanied by a procession of police vehicles, Lambert’s body arrived at a funeral home Sunday afternoon, less than 24 hours after he died in a tragic traffic accident.

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