An Illinois police officer died Sunday morning after he was seriously injured from a “scuffle” with another man during a traffic stop, police said. The officer, identified as Jaimie Cox, was conducting a traffic stop about 1 a.m. Sunday when he called for extra assistance, Rockford police chief Dan O’Shea said in a news conference on Sunday. The other man, identified as Eddie Patterson, was found dead inside his car from a “single vehicle crash,” according to O'Shea. The car crash was about two blocks away from the initial traffic stop. The 30-year-old officer, who was with the department since December 2016, was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Source: Fox News November 05, 2017 13:22 UTC