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'He didn't know how great he was': Portion of I-94 named for trooper who died stopping wrong-way driver

October 22, 2019

On a gloomy Monday, the rain stopped just in time for the impassioned ceremony to rename a half-mile section of Interstate 94 in Green Oaks in memory of Illinois State Trooper Gerald W. Ellis of Antioch, who was killed March 30 when he drove his squad car into the path of a drunken driver heading the wrong way on I-94 in order to stop him.

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191021/he-didnt-know-how-great-he-was-portion-of-i-94-named-for-trooper-who-died-stopping-wrong-way-driver
 
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