The body of Rockford Police Officer Jaimie Cox is brought out of First Free Rockford during his funeral on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. in Rockford, Ill. Cox died in the line of duty after a traffic stop. (Arturo Fernandez/Rockford Register Star via AP)
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ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Hundreds of law enforcement officers, family and friends have attended the funeral for a Rockford police officer who died in the line of duty after a traffic stop.
Services were held Saturday for 30-year-old Jaimie Cox. A procession that included hundreds of police and fire vehicles then escorted Cox's body from the church through the city of Rockford. People lined the procession route in many areas to pay their respects.
Cox joined the department last year after serving in the National Guard and in the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' law enforcement division.
He died of blunt force trauma early Sunday when he was found entangled in a pickup truck that crashed into a tree. The pickup truck driver died from multiple gunshot wounds.
CORRECTS OFFICER'S NAME TO JAIMIE, NOT JAMIE - This undated photo provided by the Rockford Police Department shows Rockford Police Officer Jaimie Cox. Cox died during a traffic stop Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017 in Rockford, Ill. Authorities say Cox and another man were both found dead at the scene of a single-vehicle crash. Rockford police Chief Dan O'Shea says Cox became "entangled" with the car and fired a shot, but he declined to say how either man died or to provide additional details. (Rockford Police Department via AP)
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Shawn Gilbertson, left and his son Keegan Gilbertson, both from Roscoe, watch as the hearse caring Rockford Police Officer Jaimie Cox's body pass along East State Street Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in Rockford, Ill. Hundreds of law enforcement officers, family and friends attended the funeral for Cox, who died in the line of duty after a traffic stop. (Arturo Fernandez /Rockford Register Star via AP)
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Rockford Police Chief Dan O'Shea, left, presents the family of Rockford Police Officer Jaimie Cox with an American flag during the slain officer's funeral on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in Rockford, Ill. Cox died in the line of duty after a traffic stop. (Arturo Fernandez /Rockford Register Star via AP)
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In this Monday, Nov. 6, 2017 photo, community members listen to prayers read at a vigil in honor of fallen Rockford police officer Jaimie Cox in Rockford, Ill. Cox died during a traffic stop Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017 in Rockford, Ill. Authorities say Cox and another man were both found dead at the scene of a single-vehicle crash. Rockford police Chief Dan O'Shea says Cox became "entangled" with the car and fired a shot, but he declined to say how either man died or to provide additional details. (Kayli Plotner/Rockford Register Star via AP)
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