Officer Michael Davey

Weymouth loses a heroic son

By Staff reports

GateHouse News Service

Posted Sep 01, 2009 @ 09:58 AM

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Weymouth —

EDITORIAL
It's hard to make sense of a senseless tragedy. Weymouth Police Officer Michael Davey, 34, was a veteran of Iraq. He saw and survived fierce combat in the service of our country from 2003 to 2004 while in the Army National Guard. When he came home, he became a member of the Weymouth police, following in the footsteps of his father Ernest, who retired from the force just last year. How proud his father must have been the day his soldier son donned that blue uniform. Davey stood ready to serve and protect our town as he had once courageously served our country overseas.
What a terrible irony that Davey fought so bravely in Iraq only to die on a traffic detail on a South Weymouth neighborhood street corner.
Davey was directing traffic at a National Grid work site on Route 18 near the corner of West and Front streets on the morning of August 24. About 9 a.m., a pickup truck driven by a 79-year-old Weymouth man allegedly went through the stop sign on Front Street, crashed into a green Toyota Camry, then struck Davey and pinned him against the side of a National Grid bucket truck.

A worker quickly put the truck in reverse, and National Grid workers, who are trained in first aid and CPR, rushed in and gave aid until EMTs arrived.
An ambulance rushed Davey to South Shore Hospital, where he died a short time later.

All of Weymouth mourns the loss of this heroic son.
"The entire town is mourning the loss of Officer Davey. He was a fine young man who served his town and his country well. We are all shocked," Mayor Susan Kay said.

Davey was saluted by the law community.
Norfolk County District Attorney William Keating said that Davey contributed much by serving in the Army National Guard in Iraq and as a police officer.

"He served his country in a time of war and served his community in law enforcement. People like that are not commonplace," Keating said.
At a time such as this, we all need to come together to support one another.
"We are all praying for the family. He was a great guy and well liked by his colleagues," Weymouth Town Councilor-at-Large Micheal Molisse said.
We all need to embrace Michael Davey's family in our prayers and in our hearts.
“It is going to take a long time to get through this, but we will band together,” Mayor Kay said.

(An account has been established on behalf of Officer Michael Davey’s children. Donations are being accepted at all South Shore Savings Bank branches. All donations should reference “Michael Davey Children’s Fund)