Billerica Police Officer Killed While Working at Road Construction Site in Billerica

BILLERICA – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Billerica Chief of Police Roy Frost have confirmed that Sergeant Ian Taylor, 49, of the Billerica Police Department was killed today while working at a road construction site on Boston Road in Billerica.

The preliminary information suggests that this afternoon, shortly before 2:00 p.m. Sergeant Taylor was struck by an excavator that was backing up on the construction site where he was working.  He was transported to Lahey Hospital where he later died.  The circumstances of this incident will be investigated by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, Billerica Police and Massachusetts State Police Detectives assigned to the District Attorney’s Office. An investigation will also be conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).