The Christian County Sheriff’s Office is urging vehicles to slow down and move over when approaching vehicles, as one of their squad cars was sideswiped by another vehicle.  On the morning of April 21st, deputies were in the area of Willey’s handling an incident.  Both squad cars were pulled off the side of the highway, with their emergency lights activated.  A vehicle was traveling northbound on IL 48 and struck one of the squad cars.  The deputy and no other individuals were around the squad car at the time.

Scott’s Law, or the “Move Over Law” requires that drivers move over and reduce speed when passing an emergency vehicle.  Fines for violating Scott’s Law are punishable by a fine of not less than $250 or more than $10,000 for a first violation, a 90-day license suspension if the violation results in property damage, 180 days to 2-year license suspension if the violation results in the injury of another person, and a 2-year license suspension if the violation results in the death of another person. 

The Christian County Sheriff’s Office is urging you to slow down, change lanes if possible, and proceed with due caution. 

It is unknown what happened to the individual who struck the Sheriff’s vehicle.