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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shweta Sharma

Baseball pitcher who gave up career to become NYC police officer killed en route to 9/11 memorial

AP

A former Major League Baseball pitcher who took early retirement in 2016 to become a New York police officer was killed in a car crash while driving to work at the 9/11 memorial service, police said.

Anthony Varvaro, 37, who was a Staten Island native and a married father of four, was killed in a head-on crash along with another driver going the wrong way near Exit 14-C in Jersy City, New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said.

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