Off-duty N.J. cop fatally strikes pedestrian early Sunday, prosecutor says

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating a fatal collision in which a pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by an off-duty police officer.

At about 2:06 a.m. Sunday, Newark police responded to a call of a pedestrian struck at the intersection of Bloomfield Avenue and North 6th Street, according to a press release from the prosecutor’s office.

The victim, Sequndo Reyes Lligun, 37, was transported to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:36 a.m…

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