REVERE, MASS. (WHDH) - Funeral arrangements have been announced for Massachusetts State Trooper Tamar Bucci, who was killed on duty last week when her cruiser was hit by a tanker truck on Interstate 93 in Stoneham.
Visitation will be held Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Saint Anthony of Padua Church on Revere Street in Revere, according to Barile Family Funeral Homes in Stoneham.
The church will also hold a celebration of life for Bucci starting at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
The 34-year-old trooper had been attempting to pull over on the northbound side of I-93 to assist a disabled motorist just before the Montvale Avenue exit around 11:45 p.m. Thursday when a tanker truck carrying 10,000 gallons of gasoline struck her cruiser, pushing it off the roadway and into a rock wall, according to State Police Col. Christopher Mason.
Two good Samaritans passing by stopped and pulled Bucci from her heavily-damaged cruiser, Mason said. A Stoneham police officer who came upon the scene performed emergency first aid, including CPR, until EMS arrived.
Bucci was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
“Trooper Bucci gave her life in the act of trying to help another person in distress,” Mason said. “There is no greater act of sacrifice than to give one’s life for another.”
First responders held a procession Saturday from Boston to the funeral home in Stoneham.
A Stoneham mother brought her children to the procession to honor Bucci.
“I think it’s important for them to know that the officers are here to protect us at all times and to show respect for them for going out there in the line of duty for us every single day,” she said.
Bucci is survived by her mother, father, two sisters, a stepsister, and a stepbrother.
An investigation remains ongoing.
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