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Illinois State Police
Illinois
End of Watch: Monday, September 1, 1947
Cause: Electrocuted
Biographical Info
Age: 41
Tour of Duty: 3 years, 5 months
Badge Number: Not available Trooper George Fredrickson was electrocuted by a power line at the scene of an accident on Illinois 100 about two miles west of Grafton in Jersey County.
Trooper Fredrickson and other officers had responded to a motorcycle accident after its driver, who was fatally injured, had struck a power line pole. As Trooper Fredrickson walked toward the motorcycle in the darkness, he came into contact with a low-hanging, 6700-volt high tension line which had become loosened in the collision, killing him instantly.
Trooper Fredrickson had served with the Illinois State Police for nearly 3½ years and was assigned to District 11. He was survived by his wife, 16-year-old son, 14-year-old daughter, mother, brother and two sisters. | | 
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