Tuesday, June 2, 2026
TARR IN THE NEWS | 5.31.26
TARR IN THE NEWS | 5.31.26
'Massachusetts State Police trooper hurt after cruiser hit by wrong-way driver on Route 1 in Peabody'
WBZ / CBS News Boston's Aaron Parseghian
EXCERPT BELOW:
:Wrong-way driving legislation
State Senator Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) has been pushing for comprehensive legislation to curb wrong-way driving in the state.
"It could have been much worse, and unfortunately, we've seen incidents recently where they have been worse," Tarr said. "We saw the tragic loss of Trooper Kevin Trainor, who sacrificed his life to save others. We saw the loss of Chris Dailey. We saw loss of Sgt. Jeremy Cole from the Endicott Police Department. We see this continuing to happen, and we know that when a driver doesn't self-correct, the results can be catastrophic."
Tarr's effort began a year ago after 18-year-old Christopher Dailey, a recent high school graduate in Gloucester, died from injuries sustained when a car he was in was hit head-on by a wrong-way driver.
"The legislation that we've offered is a comprehensive approach to using the best practices that we know of to reduce wrong way arriving," Tarr said. "Painting directional striping on access ramps, using lane dividers where those are appropriate, using high technology devices to detect a wrong way driver, to alert them that they're going the wrong way, and to alert law enforcement officials that that threat is present so that they can take the kind of action that the Massachusetts State Police took last night."
Tarr said in Connecticut, where they have high technology devices installed, incidences of wrong-way driving have been reduced by 86%. "We know that we can reduce the odds of what happened again last night on Route 1 in Peabody from happening again in Massachusetts," Tarr said."
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🔗 https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/state-police-trooper-cruiser-struck-wrong-way-driver-peabody/
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