Public Safety Officers and Patriot Riders Honor Corey Dodge [VIDEO]

It was a bittersweet procession on Saturday as members of Maine's police and fire departments, along with Patriot Riders on their bikes escorted Corey Dodge home. Dodge was working as a civilian contractor in Afghanistan when he was killed by a car bomb.

Corey Dodge was just 40 years old when he passed away last week. While it was not his first trip to Afghanistan, Dodge had told his mother that this was his last, because he was getting very nervous about the dangerous conditions in the country. Dodge was due to return home for good in October.

He was working for DynCorp, escorting high-ranking officials around Afghanistan, when a suicide bomber targeted the company's armored vehicle on August 22nd. Twelve people were killed in the attack outside a hospital, including three DynCorp employees, and scores of others were injured.

Corey Dodge had worked with law enforcement in Maine before heading to Afghanistan. And, just recently, he had been submitting applications to local departments in anticipation of his return to the U.S. So it was a fitting tribute on Saturday when a line of police cruisers and fire trucks lined up with the Patriot Riders motorcycle club to escort the Garland native through Maine.

Dexter resident, Barbara True shot this footage of the procession as it arrived in Newport. You can hear her, toward the end of the video, calling out the towns whose fire departments participated. People lined roads and overpasses throughout the route, to wave flags, and welcome Corey home.

A funeral for Dodge will be held Wednesday at the Cornerstone Baptist Church in Exeter. He's survived by his family, including his wife and four children.