The U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration is among the agencies investigating the death of a police officer at a road construction site in Billerica, Massachusetts.
Billerica Police Sgt. Ian Taylor, 49, was near the intersection of Boston Road (Route 3A) and Pollard Road on April 26 directing a tractor trailer through a construction zone when he was struck by an excavator, according to Chief Roy Frost.
During a press conference, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said Taylor was transported to Lahey Clinic but did not survive. The investigation by OSHA, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Billerica police, and Massachusetts State Police is in its early stages.
A state police accident reconstruction team was brought in to help determine what happened. Multiple witnesses have indicated that Taylor was assisting the tractor trailer through the scene when the excavator struck him.
“Everyone involved has been fully cooperative,” Ryan said. Frost and other officers in the department were emotional at the press conference and again Sunday during a vigil in the courtyard of Billerica Memorial High School.
Investigation into the death of Sgt. Ian Taylor of the Billerica Police Department is being conducted by OSHA, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Billerica police, and Massachusetts State Police.Billerica Police Department
“We were lucky to grab him and have him work with us,” Frost said.
