Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Four members of a suburban family killed in Ireland traffic accident

BOLINGBROOK (Sun-Times Media Wire) - A Bolingbrook police officer was killed in a crash Monday while visiting Ireland for a family funeral.
Officer Stephen Alexander, 49, was killed in the crash along with his father Doug, mother Lily and brother Doug Junior, according to a statement from the Bolingbrook Police Department. The family was in the town of New Ross in Wexford, Ireland for a funeral.
Alexander was a 17-year veteran with the southwest suburban police department, according to the statement. He received his associate’s degree in criminal justice from the College of DuPage and graduated from the Cook County Police Academy in 2001 as valedictorian and also received the top marksmen award.