WATCH LIVE: Funeral being held for fallen Waltham Police Officer Paul Tracey
WATCH LIVE: Procession for fallen Waltham officer to stop at police station on way to cemetery[1]
WALTHAM, Mass. — A funeral mass was held Friday morning for Paul Tracey, a longtime Waltham police officer who was killed in a hit-and-run crash[2] while working a detail at a National Grid worksite last week
Tracey, 58, of Waltham, was a 28-year-old veteran of the Waltham Police Department. Tracey lost his life when authorities say 54-year-old Peter Simon[3], of Woodsville, New Hampshire, crashed his pickup truck into the worksite on Totten Pond Road last week.
A procession escorting Tracey to Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Church began at 9:30 a.m. and a sea of people packed inside for a mass that spanned nearly two hours.
Hundreds of law enforcement officials from across the region and country, as well as local residents, lined the procession route, which traveled on Moody Street, Main Street, and onto Trapelo Road.
Officer Tracey’s police cruiser is parked outside the church.
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Fallem Waltham Police Officer Paul Tracey’s wake
After the funeral service concluded, Tracey’s casket was carried out of the church and loaded into an awaiting hearse for a procession that was slated to stop at the Waltham Police Department before arriving at his final place of rest.
On Thursday, hundreds attended Tracey’s wake[4] at the same church, where Tracey and his wife were both baptized, and then married, and their children were also baptized there.
The City of Waltham urged the public to line the streets from the funeral home to the church hours before the mass was slated to begin.
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Paul Tracey funeral
Schools in Waltham are closed Friday and in addition to people living in the area, hundreds of law enforcement from across the country flocked to Middlesex County city to pay their respects.
Funeral services for Roderick Jackson, a 36-year-old National Grid worker who also died[5] in the crash, will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Saint Paul AME Church in Cambridge. Jackson’s family has invited the public to attend.
A funeral service will follow.
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Remembering Roderick Jacksom: Saturday services set for National Grid worker killed in Waltham hit-and-run crash
Simon, with several visible lacerations, appeared in front of a judge last week[6] in Waltham District Court, where he was arraigned on charges including two counts of manslaughter, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, failure to stop for police, and multiple counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, among a slew of other offenses.
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References
- ^ Procession for fallen Waltham officer to stop at police station on way to cemetery (www.boston25news.com)
- ^ killed in a hit-and-run crash (www.boston25news.com)
- ^ 54-year-old Peter Simon (www.boston25news.com)
- ^ hundreds attended Tracey’s wake (www.boston25news.com)
- ^ a 36-year-old National Grid worker who also died (www.boston25news.com)
- ^ appeared in front of a judge last week (www.boston25news.com)
- ^ LIVE COVERAGE (www.boston25news.com)
- ^ FREE Boston 25 News app (www.boston25news.com)
- ^ Facebook (www.facebook.com)
- ^ Twitter (twitter.com)
- ^ Watch Boston 25 News NOW (www.boston25news.com)