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Injured trooper warns against distracted driving

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State Trooper Starlena Wilson is back on the job after a distracted driver severely injured her in 2010.

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On a scale of one to 10, state Trooper Starlena Wilson described her pain as 100. Lying in a crumpled heap on the Dan Ryan Expressway after a woman talking on a cell phone plowed into her, she focused on her 8-year-old daughter, Raquael.