Severely Injured Massachusetts Police Officers Say Lawmakers Won't Fight For Their Benefits: "They Just Don't Care"

CBS Boston

May 29, 2026

In 2018, Massachusetts State Police Trooper Jamie Magarian was not worried about his own health. He was a veteran trooper, used to the bumps and injuries that come with the job. One week, his arm popped out of its socket as he held oxygen to the face of a young man in a car wreck. He pushed his arm back in and went back to work.

One wintry day his job was simple, to back up another trooper with a tractor trailer crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike near the Oxford and Auburn line during a snowstorm. Magarian leaned into his cruiser to get his key fob, prepared to put flares on the snowy road. Then, an 87,000-pound truck crashed into the back of his cruiser.

"The next thing I remember is the sound of smashing metal. And, basically, my first cognitive memory after that was waking up in an ambulance," Magarian said.

Massachusetts State Police Trooper Jamie Magarian was injured when a truck struck his cruiser/CBS Boston

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