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UPDATED: Authorities have released the name of the off-duty police officer killed in a crash in Perth Amboy on Wednesday night.
Senior Police Officer Arcadio Rivera Jr., 54, was operating his personal vehicle off-duty and apparently had a medical emergency that caused him to crash into parked vehicles, according to initial reports.
The scene of a fatal crash involving an off-duty Perth Amboy police officer. (Courtesy news12)news12 (screengrab)
He was a former U.S. Marine and 26-year veteran of the police force.
Rivera is survived by three children, Arcadio III, Luis Armando and Angel Isaiah Rivera.
Rivera was taken to Raritan Bay Medical Center after suffering a heart attack and was pronounced at the hospital, authorities said.