Jill Dayton
Name: Jill Dayton
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 09/03/2004
Location: University Drive and US-67
Macomb, Illinois, 61455
County: McDonough
Agency: McDonough County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Passenger Jill Dayton was killed when a police car driven by deputy Tom Pledge crashed into the minivan in which she was riding. At about 11:30 p.m., the minivan's driver reportedly turned on a green light into the path of Pledge's car near the campus of Western Illinois University in Macomb. Pledge was pursuing a motorist suspected of DUI, police said.
Unique ID: 3618
News article: Link
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