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Massachusetts State Police Trooper Kevin Trainor Killed Trying to Stop Wrong-Way Driver in Crash on Route 1 in Lynnfield
- Early Wednesday, a Massachusetts State Police Trooper and a wrong-way driver were killed in a head-on collision on Route 1 in Lynnfield around 2 a.m.
- The Trooper was among several officers responding to 911 calls from drivers who spotted a gray Jeep heading south in the northbound lanes near the Lynnfield tunnel.
- Although emergency responders transported the Trooper to Massachusetts General Hospital with life-threatening injuries, he succumbed to his injuries. Massachusetts State Police confirmed the fatality at 9:15 a.m., while the wrong-way driver died at the scene.
- Governor Maura Healey stated she was "heartbroken," noting the Trooper "put himself in harm's way to protect others." The crash forced Route 1 northbound closure at Walnut Street in Saugus.
- State Police reconstruction teams remain investigating the incident as all lanes of Route 1 reopened around 8 a.m. Officials have not yet released the identities of the deceased.
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Authorities identify wrong-way driver killed in crash that left Mass. State Police trooper dead
Officials on Wednesday afternoon identified the wrong-way driver who killed himself and a Massachusetts State Police trooper when his Jeep collided with the trooper’s cruiser on Route 1 in Lynnfield as a 50-year-old Roslindale man.
·New Hampshire, United States
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