Officials ID the driver in wrong-way crash that killed Mass. trooper
Boston 25 News • • nation
Key Points:
- A Massachusetts State Police trooper, 30-year-old Kevin Trainor, was killed early Wednesday when a Jeep driving the wrong way on Route 1 in Lynnfield struck his cruiser.
- The wrong-way driver, identified as 50-year-old Hernan Ramon Marrero of Roslindale, was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Trainor was responding to a call about the wrong-way driver at around 2 a.m. when the collision occurred; he was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital where he later died.
- Governor Maura Healey and State Police Colonel Geoffrey Noble praised Trainor’s heroic actions, noting his recent graduation from the State Police Academy and prior service as a corrections officer.
- The investigation into the crash is ongoing, with officials withholding further details about the circumstances leading up to the accident.
