Fallen Trooper Kevin Trainor’s fiancée lays flowers on his cruiser

Tributes are continuing to pour in for Massachusetts State Trooper Kevin Trainor, who was killed early Wednesday morning by a wrong-way driver on Route 1 in Lynnfield. That includes his fiancée, who was at the State Police barracks in Danvers Thursday morning to honor him.

Trainor’s fiancée Jessica laid flowers on his cruiser while members of her family were there to comfort her. She did not speak to the media.

State Police Colonel Geoffrey Noble said Wednesday that Trainor’s shift had just ended when police got a 911 call about a driver traveling south on the northbound side of Route 1. Minutes later, police say 50-year-old Hernan Marrero slammed head-first into Trainor’s unmarked SUV. Trainor and Marrero both died.

Noble said that Trainor’s actions saved the lives of other drivers on the road. Trainor was a 30-year-old Salem native who leaves behind his fiancée, his mother Barbara, a sister and three brothers…

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