Trooper Gerald Ellis
Trooper Gerald Ellis
Illinois State Police, Illinois
End of Watch Saturday, March 30, 2019
BIO
Age 36
Tour 11 years
Badge 6038
INCIDENT DETAILS
Cause Automobile crash
Trooper Gerald Ellis was killed in a vehicle collision while on patrol.
He was on patrol traveling westbound on I-94 in Green Oaks when a wrong-way driver traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes struck Trooper Ellis head-on.
Trooper Ellis was taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center where he died from his injuries.
Trooper Ellis served with the Illinois State Police for 11 years and was assigned to District 15 in Downers Grove.
Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:
Acting Director Brendan Kelly
Illinois State Police
801 S 7th Street
P.O. Box 19461
Springfield, IL 62794
Phone: (217) 782-6637
