YOUNGSTOWN — There is very little that can compare with seeing about 600 law enforcement officers lining Armed Forces Boulevard near Beeghly Center at Youngstown State University in order to salute the coffin of Nicholas Cayton as it passed by.

Cayton was killed Oct. 16 when his Ohio State Highway Patrol cruiser with flashing lights was hit from behind by a truck on state Route 11 in Canfield while Cayton, 40, was assisting another truck driver.

Seeing that many officers — most in black uniforms — inside the Zidian Family Arena at YSU was impressive enough. But when they stood silently and reverently in multiple rows on both sides of the route as 200 bagpipers played “Amazing Grace,” the scene took on epic proportions.

The Celebration of Life on Wednesday afternoon not only included the

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