Man Fatally Hit by Mullica Police Car

A Hammonton man was struck and killed by a Mullica Township police car Friday morning, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said.

Frank Perri Jr., 44, of Hammonton was struck by a patrol car driven by Mullica Police Officer Ryan Hutton shortly before 5 a.m., Acting Atlantic Prosecutor Jim McClain said in a statement.

Hutton was investigating an abandoned vehicle that was found crashed into a pole and disabled on the northbound side of Weymouth Road, McClain said.  Hamilton Township Police, who had initially found the car, were unable to locate a driver.

As Hutton was patrolling the crash area, Perri - the alleged driver of the disabled car - allegedly walked into the roadway directly into the path of Hutton's patrol car and was struck, McClain said.

Perri was pronounced dead at the scene.  Hutton was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Mainland Campus, for non- life-threatening injuries.

The Medical Examiner's Office will be conducting an autopsy on Perri, McClain said.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call the Atlantic County Crash Investigation Unit at 1-609-909-7692

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http://www.acpo.org/pressreleases/2013/110813fatal.pdf

Frank Perri Jr.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pressofatlanticcity/obituary.aspx?n=frank-r-perri-bobby&pid=167939143&fhid=9366

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