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Senior Police Officer Arcadio Rivera Jr. 54, was operating his personal vehicle off-duty and appeared he had a medical emergency that caused him to crash into parked vehicles, according to initial reports.
Rivera is a former Marine Corps veteran, 26-year member of the police force and the father of three.
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Rivera was taken to Raritan Bay Medical Center but was pronounced at the hospital.
At about 7:30 p.m., emergency responders were called to a crash scene in the 300 block of Harbortown Boulevard in Perth Amboy.
Arriving EMS crews and police found a silver Ford had rear-ended a silver Honda at that location.
The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office is investigating the cause of the fatal crash.
The New Jersey State PBA issued a tweet that said: “"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends, and department of the officer we lost tonight."
The unconscious and unresponsive officer was pronounced dead before 9:30 p.m., according to initial reports.
This is a developing news story.
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