An off-duty police officer in New Jersey was arrested Friday for allegedly fleeing the scene of a crash and driving into a parked car while intoxicated.
The Passaic County prosecutor announced the 31-year-old officer who works for the Passaic Police Department crashed near Central Avenue and Yereance Avenue in Clifton around 4:30 a.m.
Edgar Delgado was allegedly intoxicated behind the wheel when he slammed into an unoccupied parked car, according to a release from Prosecutor Camelia Valdes.
Police responded to the crash scene and did not see Delgado, but did find a 28-year-old female passenger inside his car. She was taken to Saint Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson.
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Valdes said the off-duty cop was arrested hours later on multiple charges, including leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident and driving while intoxicated.
Attorney information for Delgado was not immediately known. He was expected to appear in court on Saturday.
