THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2026 Page 5 Jeep enter the jughandle, graze a guardrail on the right, run a red light, take too sharp a left turn and reenter the northbound lane traveling southState Police Trooper Kevin Trainor was killed on May 6 while responding to a wrongway driver headed south in the northbound lane of Route 1 in Lynnfi eld. (Courtesy Photo) “He then traveled to Tribu Mexican Kitchen and Bar (“Tribu”) on Rte. 1 North in Saugus, approximately a 35-minute drive from the Waltham restaurant. He sat down at the bar at 9:15 P.M. and was served a margarita at 9:20 P.M.; he made a social media posting of a margarita at Tribu with the caption ‘Second stop!!!.’ Between 9:20 P.M. and 12:53 A.M., he was served a total of nine alcoholic drinks at Tribu.” At 1:56 A.M, Marrero departed the Tribu parking lot in his 2018 Jeep Wrangler and headed north on Rte. 1 in the northbound lane for approximately 2.3 miles. At 2:01 A.M., his vehicle entered the Rte. 1 “jughandle” next to Santarpio’s Pizza in Peabody, which enables drivers to reverse direction onto Rte. 1 South, according to the report. There are clear, visible, unobstructed and undamaged signs on both sides of the road directing motorists not to enter Route 1 North from the jughandle. MassDOT traffi c camera footage shows the bound. “The Jeep traveled 1.8 miles southbound in the northbound lane. At the Salem Street overpass, the Jeep passed a northbound EZ Disposal truck equipped with dash cam video, which shows the Jeep pass at 2:02:39 A.M.,” the report noted. The truck driver called 911. A Trooper also observed the wrong-way driver and broadcast the information to the State Police Danvers Barracks desk offi cer and area cruisers. The desk offi cer responded that he was receiving 911 calls concerning the wrong-way driver. Trooper Trainor had just completed an assigned public safety detail on the Lynnway in the area of the General Edwards Bridge and was headed home at 1:52 A.M. His cruiser radio was on and set to the channel over which the communications about the wrongway driver were broadcast. Trooper Trainor’s cruiser was the fi rst to encounter the Jeep and collided head-on with it. At the point of impact, EDR data showed the cruiser speed was between 60.4 and 68.6 miles per hour and the Jeep between 56.4 and 61.4 miles per hour. Moments after the 911 calls, other responding Troopers came upon the site of the collision, approximately 350 feet south of mile marker 59.2. “ The reconstructionist determined that Marrero’s wrong-way driving was not caused by any defect, malfunction, or condition of the Jeep or any defect or condition of the posted signage,” the report noted. “Rather, ‘the collision was caused by the actions of Mr. Marrero and, furthermore, that his wrong-way operation of the Jeep ultimately resulted in his own death as well as the line of duty death of Trooper Kevin Trainor’.” Tribu will not face criminal charges, according to the district attorney’s offi ce. “After a thorough review in light of the applicable legal standards and burden of proof, this Office has determined that criminal charges are not sustainable,” the report said. On May 7, the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC) Investigation and Enforcement Division received information that Marrero may have been at Tribu on May 5 and into May 6, just prior to the crash. At the outset of its investigation, the ABCC learned that the license allowed the sale of alcoholic beverages up to midnight on Monday through WednesGerry D’Ambrosio Attorney-at-Law Is Your Estate in Order? Do you have an update Will, Health Care Proxy or Power of Attorney? If Not, Please Call for a Free Consultation. 14 Proctor Avenue, Revere (781) 284-5657 Tribu (Photo from Tribu Mexican Kitchen & Bar Facebook page) MORE SUPPORT. MORE SOLUTIONS. LESS WORR Clear answers, faster decisions, and a team that goe to get things done. We make it easy for ou to ge Because here, easy means more. team that goe r you to get more of what you want. EverettBank.com day. Tribu did not seek an extension of alcoholic beverage service hours for Tuesday, May 5, into Wednesday. Documents provided to The Saugus Advocate show that Marrero received fi ve of his nine alcoholic drinks after midnight — the last one was served at 12:53 a.m. Herman Zambrano, a manager of Tribu, told Supervising Investigator Caroline L. Guarino that Marrero “was his friend and mentor for over 20 years.” “Zambrano admitted that Marrero did not pay for the Old-fashioned alcoholic beverages or any of the alcoholic beverages served or delivered to him after Midnight,” Guarino wrote in her report. Several of the drinks after midnight included Macallan 12 Year Whisky.
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