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Ill. deputy dies after truck rear-ends cruiser

DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Christina Musil served in the corrections and patrol divisions

Deputy Christina Musil

Musil also completed four years of service in the Army National Guard as a military police officer, including a deployment to Afghanistan from 2008 to 2009.

DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office

By Corrections1 Staff

WATERMAN, Ill. — A DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office deputy died following a crash, WBTV reports.

Deputy Christina Musil was parked on the shoulder of a roadway on Thursday night when a commercial truck ran off the road and rear-ended her cruiser.

Musil was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries where she died, according to WBTV.

Musil was a five-year veteran of the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and served in the corrections and patrol divisions. She also completed four years of service in the Army National Guard as a military police officer, including a deployment to Afghanistan from 2008 to 2009.