Massachusetts Personal Injury Lawyers report that 2 police officials were killed in the past week by US postal worker and car crash at utility work site.
Norfolk County, MA (NewYorkInjuryNews.com) – In Weymouth, Massachusetts, a police officer was killed on duty while directing traffic at a utility work site where he was slammed into a utility vehicle by a pickup truck that missed a stop sign, announced the Boston Globe.
The police department in Weymouth has not suffered a loss on the job in a long time, reported officials. The officer was identified as 34-year-old Michael Davey. The pickup truck rear-ended another vehicle, which sandwiched the police officer between the two vehicles, was driven by 79-year-old Ronald Gale, a resident of Weymouth.
Officials reported the accident occurred in the mid morning on Monday on West Street. Emergency medical personnel attempted to rescue Davey, but could not save him from his fatal injuries.
After Davey was transported to the South Shore Hospital, doctors declared him dead. Ronald Gale, the operator of the Mazda pickup truck, has since been formally accused for being negligent, ignoring the speed limit and for running a stop sign stated officials. His license has also been temporarily suspended due to the fatal accident. The name of the other driver, who was rear ended, was not made public.
Another police officer was killed when he was off-duty running in his neighborhood when he was fatally injured by a United States Postal Service driver (USPS) www.usps.com/. The corrections officer identified as 45-year-old, James Zupkofska of Norfolk County, was out running near his house, when he was hit and killed by the postal worker.
This was the first police fatally of two in the past week that the people of Weymouth have endured. The Mayor of the Weymouth community expressed the remorse and disbelief that these two officers are dead. Davey has been the only police officers to have been killed in active duty according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) www.nleomf.com/ since 1915.
Bridget Hom
NewYorkInjuryNews.com