NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A Port Authority police officer was killed in a wrong-way crash as he made his way to the 9/11 memorial service in Manhattan on Sunday, according to police.
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Anthony Varvaro, 37, was an MLB pitcher for the Braves, Mariners and Red Sox before he joined the force.
He was killed in a head-on crash in Jersey City near Exit 14C on the Jersey Turnpike by a wrong-way driver, the Daily Voice reported.
“On this solemn occasion as the Port Authority mourns the loss of 84 employees in the attacks on the World Trade Center — including 37 members of the Port Authority Police Department — our grief only deepens today with the passing of Officer Varvaro," the Port Authority said in a statement.
The father of four was on his way to work at the 9/11 memorial service commemorating the 21st anniversary of the attacks when he was killed, an anonymous Port Authority source told the New York Post.
Varvaro’s first post as a Port Authority officer was at the World Trade Center Command after he retired from professional baseball in 2016, according to a profile from March in American Police Beat magazine.
“We are deeply saddened on the passing of former Braves pitcher Anthony Varvaro,” wrote the Atlanta Braves on Twitter. “Anthony, 37, played parts of six seasons in the majors, including four with Atlanta. He voluntarily retired from MLB in 2016 to become a Port Authority police officer.”
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