Funeral plans announced for Waltham officer killed in double fatal crash
Funeral arrangements for Waltham Police Officer Paul Tracey, who authorities say was killed Wednesday along with a National Grid[1] worker when a New Hampshire man drove a truck into a work site[2] in Waltham[3], have been announced.
A wake for the 58-year-old officer is scheduled for Thursday, Dec.
14, at Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Church in Waltham from 3 to 8 p.m., according to Brasco & Son Funeral Home[4]. A funeral Mass is set for the following day at the same church at 10 a.m., after which Tracey will be buried with police[5] honors at Mount Feake Cemetery in Waltham.
"Waltham Police Officer Paul Tracey was killed tragically while doing what he loved most, protecting and serving the citizens of Waltham," the funeral home wrote on its website.
According to local police[7], Tracey was part of the Waltham Police Department for 28 years. He was previously recognized for saving the life of a woman who was overdosing on a Cape Cod[8] beach in 2018.
Tracey was killed Dec.
6 when 54-year-old Woodsville[9] resident Peter Simon drove a truck into a National Grid work site on Totten Pond Road[10] where the officer was working a paid detail, authorities said previously. Cambridge[11] resident and National Grid employee Roderick Jackson[12] was also killed in the crash[13], and two other workers were injured.
Simon is also accused of pulling a knife on another Waltham officer and stealing his cruiser during the incident. He was arraigned Thursday[14] on two counts of manslaughter, armed robbery and other charges[15] and pleaded not guilty.
He was held without bail.
On Thursday, Massachusetts[17] Gov. Maura Healey[18] ordered that flags around the state to be flown at half-mast[19] until Tracey and Jackson are interred.
A GoFundMe has been created to benefit Jackson's family[20], and another fundraiser is collecting money on behalf of all the victims[21] and their families.
References
- ^ National Grid (www.masslive.com)
- ^ a New Hampshire man drove a truck into a work site (www.masslive.com)
- ^ Waltham (www.masslive.com)
- ^ according to Brasco & Son Funeral Home (brascofuneralhome.com)
- ^ police (www.masslive.com)
- ^ Rollover car crash in Massachusetts kills 1, injures 2 (www.masslive.com)
- ^ According to local police (www.masslive.com)
- ^ Cape Cod (www.masslive.com)
- ^ Woodsville (www.masslive.com)
- ^ drove a truck into a National Grid work site on Totten Pond Road (www.masslive.com)
- ^ Cambridge (www.masslive.com)
- ^ Roderick Jackson (www.masslive.com)
- ^ the crash (www.masslive.com)
- ^ He was arraigned Thursday (www.masslive.com)
- ^ charges (www.masslive.com)
- ^ Man charged in fatal Waltham crash had been involved in other serious crashes (www.masslive.com)
- ^ Massachusetts (www.masslive.com)
- ^ Maura Healey (www.masslive.com)
- ^ that flags around the state to be flown at half-mast (www.masslive.com)
- ^ GoFundMe has been created to benefit Jackson's family (www.masslive.com)
- ^ fundraiser is collecting money on behalf of all the victims (www.masslive.com)