Pedestrian Killed in Newark Crash Involving an Off-Duty Officer, Prosecutor Says Investigation Is Underway
Sequndo Reyes Lligun, 37, was struck at Bloomfield and North 6th Street at about 2:06 a.m. on Oct. 25 and pronounced dead at University Hospital, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.
An investigation is underway into a fatal crash that killed a pedestrian in Newark early on Sunday, Oct. 25, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda announced in an official release read by this desk.
At approximately 2:06 a.m. that day, the Newark Police Division received a call reporting that a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Bloomfield and North 6th Street, according to the prosecutor's office. The victim, identified by officials as Sequndo Reyes Lligun, 37, whose address is unknown, was transported to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:36 a.m.
The driver was an off-duty Newark police officer who remained on the scene, showed no signs of impairment and is cooperating with the investigation, according to the prosecutor's office. Officials released no name for the driver and announced no charges.
The prosecutor's office said the investigation remains active and ongoing and that no additional information is available at this time. Anyone with information is urged to call the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Tips Line at 1-877-TIPS-4EC or 1-877-847-7432, and officials said all calls will remain confidential.
