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Family, attorney call for enforcement of new Illinois ambulance-siren law after fatal collision; council hears emotional public testimony
Summary
Family members of a man struck and killed by an ambulance said they and other witnesses have repeatedly seen emergency vehicles travel through intersections without sirens and urged the city to enforce Act 1251 standards and ensure driver training.
Several family members of Donald "DJ" Stallworth III, and their attorney, used audience time at the Feb. 18 City Council meeting to urge the city to enforce a 2024 Illinois law that requires emergency vehicles to deploy sirens when passing through intersections on emergency runs and establishes training standards for emergency vehicle drivers.
Antoinette Diedrich and other family members described their ongoing grief after Stallworth was struck and killed by an ambulance in May 2022. They said the law (referred…
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