"Any time we lose a trooper hurts, but today is Christmas Eve here on December 24, so it kind of hurts in a particular way," ISP Dir. Brendan Kelly said.

An Illinois State Trooper was killed Monday night in Will County when he was struck by a car while removing debris from an expressway.

The NYPD is looking for the driver who struck a woman with their car in Queens before leaving the scene on Christmas, police said. The 45-year-old female victim was first hit around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday by an unknown vehicle,