Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Scot Fitzgerald was killed when his patrol car and an ambulance collided while en route to a medical call shortly before 9:00 pm.
The ambulance was driving behind his patrol on Route 267, approximately one mile north of Nortonville Road, as they attempted to locate the address for the call. Officer Fitzgerald pulled to the right shoulder and then attempted to make a U-turn, but pulled into the path of the ambulance.
He and the three EMTs in the ambulance were transported to area hospitals. Officer Fitzgerald succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
Officer Fitzgerald had served with the South Jacksonville Police Department for 17 months.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Police Officer Fitzgerald gave the South Jacksonville Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the South Jacksonville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Fitzgerald.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Scot Fitzgerald is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In IL, 354 of 1,318 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Scot Fitzgerald's cause is highlighted.
How Scot Fitzgerald Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Scot Fitzgerald is highlighted in Mar.