Procession held in honor of fallen ISP Trooper Corey Thompson

URBANA, Ill. (WAND) — A procession was held Monday in honor of fallen Illinois State Police Trooper Corey Thompsen.

Trooper Thompsen was killed Friday in a line-of-duty crash in Champaign County.

The procession was scheduled to leave Urbana around 1 p.m. and travel on US-150 from the west to N. Third St. to Freese Funeral Home in St. Joseph.

Trooper Thompsen was on-duty and had just finished a traffic stop around 3:45 p.m. Friday when was traveling east on East Leverett Road approaching County Road 1300 East in Champaign County.

ISP said a truck, driven by a 32-year-old Thomasboro woman was traveling south on County Road 1300 E. and stopped at the intersection with Leverett Road.

She then pulled into the roadway hitting Trooper Thompsen’s motorcycle.

ISP said a witness provided aid until first responders arrived and took Trooper Thompsen to Carle Hospital in Urbana where he died from his injuries at 4:32 p.m.

The driver was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

ISP said the woman was cited for failure to yield right of way at a stop intersection and no valid driver’s license – expired less than 1 year.

Trooper Thompsen was 28 years old and served almost five years as an officer with ISP and was assigned to the Special Operations Group Fatal Four team. He is survived by his wife Chelsea, mother Susan, father Steve, and brothers.