EAST PEORIA, Ill. – An East Peoria police officer injured while at the scene of an accident on Interstate 74 in late-December is back home.
25 News reports East Peoria officers were there to greet Officer Karson Klyber when he returned home Friday after a stint at a rehab facility in Chicago.
Klyber was injured when a vehicle allegedly driven by Ashley List, 29, of Peoria hit his squad car on the East Peoria side of the Murray Baker Bridge.
List — who faces several charges — is scheduled to be in Tazewell County Circuit Court March 7.
Meanwhile, a fundraising benefit for Klyber and his family is scheduled for March 5 and the Par-A-Dice Hotel.