Officers, all of them standing at attention. Its the final journey for a young man who devoted his life to try to make bay area roadways safe for everyone else. In officer camilierris case, being on the highways he patrolled cost him his life. Someone suspected of being under the influence. Along the way, law enforcement, firefighters and regular citizens stopped to pay their respects. And say a final goodbye to officer camilierri. Its one of the things i saw on Facebook Christmas morning. Im at home opening my presents with my kids and their dads not coming home that day. His body was given the full Police Escort as it travelled to tracy, where the 33yearold grew up and his family still lives. Camilierri was a young father with three children, and just over one year on the job. My son who looks up to people in uniform all the time, i wanted him to see that these guys risk their lives every day, we must honor them when they do die. Once the procession ended, his body was taken to a loc
These children need their father, and my friend needs her husband. Tonight, heartbreak, disbelief and respect during a final salute to a chp officer whose life was cut short in an instant. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im dion lim in for ama daetz. Family, both blood and blue, paid tribute to fallen chp officer Andrew Camilleri tonight. Sky 7 shows us his procession that started in oakland and ended in tracy, where camilleri lived with his family. The rookie chp officer died in the line of duty in a traffic crash late sunday night, Christmas Eve. There was a huge turnout tonight to honor his memory and pay tribute to his sacrifice. Abc 7 News Reporter carlos sausedo has the emotional story from tracy. Reporter whether youre in uniform our in plain clothes, you could hear the heartache from the large crowd gathered in tracy. I didnt know the guy. I just feel for him and his family. Reporter the loss unbearable for both strangers and friends of chp officer Andrew Camilleri. We all att
There was a procession yesterday r officer who died after his car was struck by another vehicle on Christmas Eve. Investigators believe that the other driver was under the influence of marijuana and alcohol. Reporter it wound for miles from oakland to tracy. The town where the officer grew up. Along the way, fellow officers could be seen on freeway overpass. In a somber saluted to officer cammalleri. His casket was carried inside. He was just a very loving very gentle spirited young man. Reporter liz chavez has known andrew cammalleri and his family for five years. He was a man of faith, a youth leader at Mission City Church in tracy. We just dont understand how could Something Like this happen . I cant imagine what the family is going through. Reporter his wife rode with officers in the procession. He has three children, one a toddler. Cammalleri was killed late Christmas Eve when a drunk driver plowed into his patrol car parked on the shoulder of highway 880. He had been on the force
Sausedo has the emotional story from tracy. Reporter whether youre in uniform our in plain clothes, you could hear the heartache from the large crowd gathered in tracy. I didnt know the guy. I just feel for him and his family. Reporter the loss unbearable for both strangers and friends of chp officer andrew camilleri. We all attended the same church. And at one time andrew was a youth leader and he mentored our son. Reporter liz chavez and her family wanted to honor the man who gave so much to them. Now they want to be there for the wife and three kids he leaves behind. Being a wife and a mother myself, i cant imagine. I cannot imagine what my friend is going through. Reporter camilleri was a leader not just on the highways but at his church. Faith was i think the most important thing to andrew. Reporter camilleri played bass guitar on the worship team at Mission City Church and ministered to others. He really followed his dream to become a chp officer, and it was more than a career. I
Covered in gasoline. We wanted bystanders and andrew to get out of the car. Stein says he dragged camilleri out of the car after a chp officer broke out the window and his wife, who is a nurse, also rushed in to heap we got him through the window and laid down on the ground and my wife started administering chp immediately despite their officers, officer camilleri died on Christmas Eve. He hoped to open Christmas Gifts with his family. The tragedy hits home for stein who works with Law Enforcement as a volunteer with the san mateo rescue team. Those two officers were in the best care they could have gotten. Only solace i have in andrews unfortunate death is it was very quick and he did not suffer. That Good Samaritan tells me he did not go to that other suspect vehicle. He wept straight to the went straight to the chp patrol car. As for the suspect, he remains in the hospital and expects to be transferred to jail once hes medically cleared. Ktvu fox 2 news. Henry dorks we know anything