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WEBVTT AMY COVENO LIVE IN THESTUDIO NOW WITH -- WITH MORE.REPORTER: LOUIS REMIGIO IS BEINGREMEMBERED TONIGHT AS A GREGARIOUS, BIG HEARTED POLICEOFFICER WHO MADE EVERYONE AROUND HIM BETTER.THE WEIGHT OF THE LOSS ISPALABLTHE LINE WENT ON AND ON AND ON.WITHIN 12 HOURS OF THE PASSING OF 55-YEAR-OLDLOUIS REMIGIO, A FULL POLICE ESCORT ASSEMBLED TOACCOMPANY THEIR FELLOW OFFICER, HOME TOMASSACHUSETTS.>> HE'S EVERYTHING.HE EPITOMIZED A GOOD POLICE OFFICER.HE EPITOMIZED 21ST CENTURY POLICING.HE EPITOMIZED THE SOMERVILLEPOLICE DEPARTMENT. REPORTER: OFFICER REMIGIO HAD 30YEARS ON THE DEPARTMENTHE CHIEF SAID HE WAS THETRAFFIC BUREAU.>> THE WAY THAT HE CARRIEDHIMSELF EVERYDAY IN STATURE.HE KEPT HIMSELF IN GREATPHYSICAL CONDITION, A SMILE ONHIS FACE, SHOWING EMPATHY.EMPATHY WAS A POPULAR TERM INPOLICING, BEING KIND TO PEOPLE.BUT ALSO BEING KIND TO HISFELLOW OFFICERS.REPORTER: REMIGIO WAS OFF DUTY,RIDING HIS BELOVED HARLEY DAVIDSON ON I-95 IN NORTHHAMPTON SUNDAY MORNING, WHEN INVESTIGATORS SAYA MAN RACING A BLACK MERCEDESMADE AN ABRUPT, ILLEGAL U-TURNACROSS THE MEDIAN, CRASHING INTOREMIGIO AND SETTING OFF A CHAINREACTION CRASH.THE DRIVER 18-YEAR-OLD MICHAELRICCI WAS NOT HURT AND IS NOW CHARGED WITHNEGLIGENT HOMICIDE.NOW THE MISSION IS TO INSURE-- IN SHORT -- ENSURE REMIGIO ISREMEMBERED FOR YEARS TO COME.A GENTLE GIANT, KINDEMPATHETIC, , LED BY EXAMPLE EVERY DAY.I LEARNED FROM HIM EVERY DAY.HE WAS A MUCH BETTER POLICEOFFICER THAN I WILL EVER BE.REPORTER: OFFICER REMIGIO'S TWODAUGHTERS AND HIS DOG WERE WAITING FOR HIM AS THEPROCESSION ARRIVED IN SOMERVILLE.

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An off-duty police officer who died Monday night of injuries sustained in a crash on Interstate 95 in North Hampton is being remembered as a gregarious, big-hearted man who made everyone around him better.Within 12 hours of his passing, a large police escort assembled to accompany the body of Officer Louis Remigio, 55, of Tewskbury, Massachusetts, from Portsmouth home to Massachusetts.He leaves behind two daughters, who were waiting for him with their dog when the procession arrived in Somerville."He's everything. He epitomized a good police officer. He epitomized 21st century policing. He epitomized the Somerville Police Department," Somerville Police Chief David Fallon said.The hearse carrying Remigio arrived Tuesday afternoon, as fellow officers stood at attention and close family members and friends interlocked their arms.In honor of Remigio, the outside of the Somerville Police Department was draped in black Tuesday night, and his desk was covered in flowers.>> Watch as the hearse arrives at the funeral homeThe Somerville police chief said Remigio "was" the department's traffic bureau."The way that he carried himself every day in stature. Smile on his face, kind to people and also his fellow officers," Fallon said.>> Download the FREE WMUR app“He led by example every day. Always positive, which is not always easy to do in policing,” Fallon said. “I learned from him myself. He was a much better police officer than I will ever be.”"He epitomized everything an officer should be," Said Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone. "He had compassion. He was professional. He was engaging. He was friendly. He treated everyone the same."Remigio, a 30-year veteran of the Somerville Police Department, was off duty, riding his beloved Harley-Davidson when he was hit by a car that witnesses said was racing other vehicles.Witnesses told New Hampshire State Police that a black Mercedes was racing other vehicles as it headed north on I-95 when it went through a restricted crossover area before driving into oncoming traffic on the southbound side and colliding with Remigio.>> Watch Tuesday press conference held by Somerville officialsPolice said the driver who allegedly caused the crash, 18-year-old Michael Ricci, of Burlington, Massachusetts, was not injured.Ricci was arrested and was originally charged with felony reckless conduct. He was released on $10,000 cash bail Monday but was taken back into custody Tuesday evening in Burlington, Massachusetts. Police said Ricci was wanted out of Lowell Juvenile Court on a probation violation from a prior case.New Hampshire state police told WMUR Tuesday that Ricci will be charged with negligent homicide in the case.