AMBULANCE DRIVERS WOULD GET MORE TRAINING ABOUT THE USE OF LIGHTS AND SIRENS UNDER A BILL MAKING HEADWAY IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 

THE BILL IS SPONSORED BY SENATOR ADRIAN JOHNSON OF BUFFALO GROVE AND REQUIRES THE EXTRA TRAINING AS WELL AS USING BOTH LIGHTS AND SIRENS WHEN AN AMBULANCE PASSES THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. IT WAS PROMPTED BY THE DEATH OF A NORTH CHICAGO MAN LAST YEAR.

STALLWORTH WAS RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE IN WAUKEGAN LAST YEAR WHEN HE WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY AN AMBULANCE TRANSPORTING A PATIENT. HIS MOTHER SATRESE (suh-treece) STALLWORTH:

THE LEGISLATION HAS PASSED THE SENATE AND NOW AWAITS A VOTE IN THE HOUSE.