IL Corrections Officer Dies In Head-On Crash During Dense Fog: Police

MORRIS, IL — Governor J.B. Pritzker on Thursday ordered all flags to fly at half staff in honor of Morris native, Drew Faught, a 27-year-old Illinois Department of Corrections sergeant who died this week in a crash about 220 miles south of Joliet.

The governor's office indicated Faught died on Monday while serving as a member of the Tactical Response Team. Faught had worked at the Pontiac Correctional Center.

According to Fred C. Dames Funeral Homes, "Drew loved sports, especially his time playing football with the Morris Chiefs, and the Morris Redskins football and wrestling teams. He also enjoyed weightlifting. But the most important thing to Drew was family. He was a devoted son, brother, and uncle."

A news radio station in Richland County reported that Faught was killed in a crash near Olney during dense fog on Monday around 7:30 a.m. over in Richland County. Faught was driving south when he tried to pass another vehicle in the dense fog, and the Pontiac resident had a head-on crash with the northbound vehicle. The other motorist was not seriously injured and was treated for minor injuries at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital, according to the radio station.

Faught was born in Joliet and raised in Morris, graduating from Morris High School in 2014. He worked for the Department of Corrections for six years, according to Fred C. Dames.