Augusta Fire Department personnel, top, and a Maine State Police Trooper salute as the hearse carrying the body of Hancock County Deputy Luke Gross drives beneath a large American flag Thursday as it turns off Hospital Street and into the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta.

Shon Dixon, front right, and Tim Beales, back right, both with Delta Ambulance stand above Interstate 95 on Armstrong Road in Waterville on Thursday as a police procession carrying the body of Hancock County Deputy Luke Gross travels to the State Medical Examiner's office in Augusta.

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner staffers, right, watch law enforcement personnel line for a ceremony transferring the body of Hancock County Deputy Luke Gross into their building Thursday in Augusta. Deputy Gross died after being struck by a vehicle earlier that morning.

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner staffers, right, watch law enforcement personnel line for a ceremony transferring the body of Hancock County Deputy Luke Gross into their building Thursday in Augusta. Deputy Gross died after being struck by a vehicle earlier that morning.

The hearse carrying the body of Hancock County Deputy Luke Gross is about to turn Thursday off Hospital Street and into the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta.

Police agencies from around the state of Maine escort the body of Hancock County Deputy, Luke Gross to the State Medical Examiner's office in Augusta on Interstate 95 below Armstrong Road in Waterville on Thursday. Gross was killed in the early morning hours while responding to a call in Trenton.

Police agencies from around the state of Maine escort the body of Hancock County Deputy Luke Gross to the State Medical Examiner's office in Augusta on Interstate 95 below Armstrong Road in Waterville on Thursday. Gross was killed in the early morning hours while responding to a call in Trenton.