East Rutherford,NJ : Off-duty police officer killed while driving to work in weekend crash on may, saturday 13th 2017
East Rutherford, New Jersey
A 44-year-old off-duty police officer was killed Saturday while he was driving to work in a collision involving multiple vehicles on Route 3, officials said.
Mark Zeitounia of Lyndhurst, a Union City police sergeant, was identified as the victim in the collision.
Five other people were treated for "relatively minor" and non-life threatening injuries, according to a news release on Sunday from the Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir Grewal's office.
Police responded to the crash at about 11:12 p.m. on Route 3 eastbound and determined that four vehicles were involved in the collision, the release said.
The incident is under investigation and no criminal charges have been filed against any driver, the prosecutor's office said.
Zeitounian was hired at the Union City Police Department in 1999, according to a post from the department.
Zeitounian worked in the patrol division during his career and served as a training officer for newly-hired officers.
He is survived by his wife, Debbie, son, Jason, and sister, Maria, according to the post.
"Prosecutor Grewal extends his deepest condolences to the Zeitounian family and to the men and women of the Union City Police Department at this extraordinarily difficult time," the release said.
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Off-duty police officer killed while driving to work in weekend crash