JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A crash involving a car and a motorcycle in northern New Jersey left an off-duty police officer dead, authorities said.
The accident happened shortly before 2 a.m. Friday at Woodward Street and Communipaw Avenue in Jersey City, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office.
The officer, who was riding the motorcycle, was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.
It wasn’t clear if the car’s driver was injured in the crash. The names of that person and the officer — who served on the Jersey City force — were not disclosed.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by Jersey City police and the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit.