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The protest was organized by the student group ActNow4Palestine.
Pro-Palestinian protests have happened at college campuses
across the country this week, including at New York University
and Columbia University.
Fatal industrial accident
A Pekin woman is dead after an industrial accident in Woodford
County. Lisa Hoffman, 40, was struck by a forklift at Case IH
Factory in Goodfield Tuesday.
A preliminary autopsy report indicated she died from multiple
blunt-force trauma injuries. The accident remains under
investigation by the Woodford County Sheriff’s Department and
the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Trooper injured
An Illinois State Trooper was hospitalized after a crash on
Interstate 57 near Anna. The officer had stopped to investigate
a traffic crash and was sitting inside his police vehicle with
the emergency lights on at the time of the incident.
A Creal Springs woman failed to move into the other lane and hit
the trooper’s car. She was issued a citation for violating
Scott’s Law. This is the 14th incident relating to the Move Over
Law this year with six officers suffering injuries.
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