Illinois State Police
Illinois
End of Watch: Sunday, May 28, 1933
Cause: Motorcycle accident
Biographical Info
Age: 25
Tour of Duty: 2 months
Badge Number: Not available Trooper Richard Groja was killed in a motorcycle accident.
Trooper Groja was responding to a call in Chicago when he failed to show up. He was found five hours later at Rand Road and Garland Place. It appeared that he lost control of the motorcycle on an S-curve colliding with a tree.
Trooper Groja was a 2 month veteran of the Illinois State Police; He is survived by his wife and child. | 
