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Red Sox Pitcher Turned Police Officer Killed By Wrong-Way Driver On New Jersey Turnpike Red Sox Pitcher Turned Police Officer Killed By Wrong-Way Driver On New Jersey Turnpike
Red Sox Pitcher Turned Police Officer Killed By Wrong-Way Driver On New Jersey Turnpike Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Anthony Varvaro died in a wrong-way 9/11 crash on the New Jersey Turnpike, authorities said. Varvaro, a 37-year-old married father of four who became a Port Authority police officer, died in the head-on collision near Exit 14C, early on Sunday, Sept. 11, they said. A wrong-way driver was to blame, a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the crash told Daily Voice. Varvaro was on his way to work at the 9/11 commemoration at World Trade Center Command, Port Authority Police Supt. Edward Cetnar said. "Officer Varvaro represented the very best of this …

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