Who is Peter Simon? Suspect arrested in fatal crash in Massachusetts, killing police officer and utility worker

A man in Massachusetts is presently being held subsequent to hitting and killing a Waltham cop and a Public Network utility laborer with his vehicle on Wednesday.

Two extra Public Lattice utility specialists were likewise harmed in the accident. The man has been recognized as Peter Simon.

Last night Peter Simon killed Waltham Cop Paul Tracy and National Grid employee Roderick Jackson while they were working a detail. Simon had mental health issues and previously crashed into a bus while fleeing police in New Hampshire. He never went to real jail and was released… pic.twitter.com/FiykfLtGYH

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Who is Peter Simon?

Peter Simon is 54 years of age. He is an occupant of Woodsville, New Hampshire. As indicated by police records, he has been accused of two counts of homicide and outfitted theft.

The driver, named Simon, was driving a pickup truck east on Totten Lake Street in Waltham when the miserable occurrence happened, as per the Middlesex Region Lead prosecutor’s Office. In the wake of pulling to the roadside, Simon out of nowhere attempted to do a U-transform by drifting once more into the traffic.

Subsequent to going for about a fourth of a mile, Simon’s vehicle crashed into Waltham cop Paul Tracey, 58, who was killed, and a Cambridge utility specialist, 36. The news discharge from the Middlesex Region DA’s office expresses that at the hour of the accident, Official Tracey was effectively accomplishing police detail work at a Public Framework work site.

In the wake of stirring things up around town’s vehicle, Simon hit a few additional vehicles prior to escaping his truck and attempting to take off by walking. He ran into one more Waltham cop who had come to the scene during this escape. Simon supposedly wielded a blade at the police officer, took his crew vehicle, and afterward took off once more.

Simon’s work to move away in the stole police cruiser was thwarted when he caused a mishap. Yet again he took off running however was at last discovered by Waltham police following a short foot pursuit, as indicated by the Middlesex Province Lead prosecutor’s office.