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Billerica police officer killed while working road construction site

Sgt. Ian Taylor, 49, of the Billerica Police Department, was killed April 26, 2024 while working a road construction site on Boston Road. (Courtesy Billerica Police Department)

The scene of an accident on Boston Road in Billerica that resulted in the death of Sgt. Ian Taylor, 49, of the Billerica Police Department on April 26, 2024. A preliminary investigation suggests Taylor was struck by an excavator that was backing up on the construction site where he was working. (Aaron Curtis/Lowell Sun)

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was on scene of a fatal accident at a road construction site on Boston Road in Billerica on April 26, 2024. Sgt. Ian Taylor, 49, of the Billerica Police Department, was killed when he was struck by an excavator at the site. (Aaron Curtis/Lowell Sun)

Billerica Police Chief Roy Frost during a press conference announcing the death of Sgt. Ian Taylor on April 26, 2024. (Aaron Curtis/Lowell Sun)