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Thousands Honor Massachusetts Trooper Kevin Trainor at Salem Funeral

Mourners described the 30-year-old as defined by duty, with a focus on taking impaired drivers off the road.

Overview

  • The service in Salem on Wednesday drew more than 1,000 mourners inside St. James Church, with many more lining the streets.
  • State police from Connecticut, New York, Colorado, and Kansas joined Massachusetts troopers, calling the profession a shared way of life and a national family.
  • Trainor, 30, died May 6 when his cruiser collided head-on with a wrong-way driver on Route 1 in Lynnfield, a crash that also killed the other driver, 50-year-old Hernan Marrero.
  • He served out of the Danvers barracks as a lead enforcer of drunk and impaired driving laws after starting his career as a correction officer with the Essex County Sheriff’s Office.
  • During preparations for the wake on Monday, a trooper and a retired Marine stopped a gunman who opened fire on motorists on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, a reminder of the risks officers confront even in grief.