State Trooper Killed In I-93 Crash In Stoneham

STONEHAM, MA — A Massachusetts State Police trooper died after her cruiser was struck by a tractor trailer on I-93 Thursday night, police said.

Tamar Bucci, 34, was pulled over trying to help another driver at the time of the crash. Police said the collision happened shortly before midnight in Stoneham.

Bucci's cruiser was hit by a tanker truck carrying about 10,000 gallons of fuel, forcing it off the highway. Two good Samaritans stopped and pulled her from the cruiser, and a passing Stoneham police officer conducted first aid at the scene, police said.

She 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," State Police Col. Christopher Mason said. "There is no greater act of sacrifice than to give one's life for another."

Bucci, a Woburn resident, joined the state police in May 2020. She had recently transferred to the Medford barracks.