Overview
- Trainor responded to a 2:01 a.m. 911 report Wednesday and was hit head-on on Route 1 near the Saugus–Lynnfield line.
- He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he died of his injuries, and police said the other driver died at the scene.
- State Police said a Jeep was traveling south in the northbound lanes when it struck his cruiser.
- Col. Geoffrey Noble and Gov. Maura Healey called his actions courageous and said he worked to protect other drivers.
- Route 1 northbound closed at Walnut Street for hours while investigators documented the crash, and the inquiry is ongoing.