A funeral service was held Friday for a Billerica, Massachusetts, police officer who was killed in a construction accident last week.
The funeral service honored Sgt. Ian Taylor at the St. Patrick Church on South Broadway in Lawrence. Hundreds were in attendance.
Sgt. Ian Taylor was fatally hit by an excavator Friday afternoon while directing traffic.
Taylor was killed Friday when he was hit by an excavator that was moving equipment at the intersection of Boston Road at Pollard Street in Billerica.
He leaves behind a wife and two children.
People are paying their respects to Billerica Police Sgt. Ian Taylor, who was hit and killed while working a construction detail.
Taylor worked as a police officer for 21 years and had been with the Billerica Police Department since 2011.
He served in Lawrence prior to joining the Billerica Police Department.
