Sergeant Frank Gualdino of Yonkers, New York, was laid to rest Wednesday after being killed in the line of duty in a car accident.
Gualdino, 53, died in the multi-vehicle crash on December 1. He served with Yonkers Police Department for 24 years and was just nine months from retirement at the time of the fatal accident, the department said.
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Police are in an honor guard for the fallen Yonkers Police Sgt. Frank Gualdino, whose funeral mass was celebrated at Sacred Heart Church in Yonkers, New York on December 7, 2022. The 53-year-old sergeant was killed in the line of duty by him last week in a head-on collision.
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Yonkers Police Sgt. Frank Gualdino was killed when a BMW crashed head-on into his unmarked police car on December 1, 2022.
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“There’s a sea of blue, cops are standing patch after patch to support the family, and I’m getting calls, emails, condolence letters from all over the country right now because they all wanted to do this for Frank,” said the police commissioner of Yonkers, Christopher Sapienza, according to local media ABC 7.
Gualdino’s body was carried in a procession to the Sacred Heart Church with dozens of officers in formal uniform in attendance.
Gualdino was on duty in an unmarked car. 2012 Chevy Impala when the driver of a BMW sedan lost control of the car and crossed into the oncoming lane.
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Police salute the casket of Yonkers Police Sgt. Frank Gualdino, whose funeral mass was celebrated at Sacred Heart Church in Yonkers, New York on December 7, 2022.
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The BMW crashed head-on into Gualdino’s car and a Westchester County Bee-Line bus. the bus driver and several bus passengers were also injured.
The police say that bmw driver he was a 16-year-old who had obtained a learner’s permit less than three weeks earlier. The teenager was hospitalized in critical condition after the accident with extensive blunt force injuries.
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Police are in an honor guard for the fallen Yonkers Police Sgt. Frank Gualdino, whose funeral mass was celebrated at Sacred Heart Church in Yonkers, New York on December 7, 2022.
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Gualdino is survived by his wife and two children, ages 20 and 14.
