Ex-trooper again seeks license since deadly wreck

By Washington Examiner
Published August 14, 2014 7:20pm ET
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Ex-trooper again seeks license since deadly wreck
FILE - In this April 24, 2008, file photo, former Illinois State Police trooper Matt Mitchell arrives for a court appearance in Belleville, Ill. Mitchell who lost his driving privileges over a 2007 crash in which he killed two sisters is trying for a fifth time to get his driver's license back. He offered at times a tearful recounting of the southwestern Illinois crash to a hearing officer Wednesday Aug. 13, 2014 in Mount Vernon, Ill. A decision on Mitchell's request could come in 90 days.(AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Derik Holtmann, File) | Derik Holtmann

MOUNT VERNON, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois state trooper trying for a fifth time to get his driver’s license back since a deadly 2007 crash has admitted that he caused the wreck that killed two sisters and was distracted moments earlier.

Matt Mitchell, 36, of Carlyle, made the admission to a Secretary of State hearing officer on Wednesday during his sometimes-tearful recounting of the crash in southwestern Illinois.

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