WORCESTER – A police procession was held Saturday night to honor Enrique Delgado-Garcia , a Massachusetts State Police recruit who died after being injured during a self-defense drill.
The 25-year-old was pronounced dead at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester on Friday, 24 hours after he was knocked unconscious while boxing at the Massachusetts State Police academy in New Braintree.
A somber procession was held Saturday night as Delgado-Garcia’s body was brought to the medical examiner’s office in Westfield.
Death of state police recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia
Delgado-Garcia will receive full state police honors since he was sworn in as a trooper by officials.
“They have the full measure of our support and care, and they remain full members of our State Police Family,” State Police Col. John Mawn said of the recruit’s family.
Delgado-Garcia’s family said it was his dream to be a state trooper. He was set to graduate with his class next month.