On-Duty Security Officer Killed In Crash
KEARNY NJ Nov 6 2017 – A 64-year-old security officer was fatally struck by a truck while on duty.
Shazam Amin was crossing Jacobus Avenue — an industrial section just outside of Jersey City — just before 7 a.m. when he was struck by the vehicle, authorities said
He was brought to University Hospital where he died later in the morning.
A careless driving summons was issued to the operator of the switch truck, but additional information about the driver was not immediately available.
A switch truck, slightly smaller than a tractor trailer cab, switches out empty and full cargo containers for tractor trailers.
Amin, of North Bergen, worked for Cambridge Security for four years.
“A reliable, competent, and hard-working officer who was well-respected and appreciated by clients and colleagues alike, Officer Amin will be sincerely missed,” Dave Malefsky, executive vice president of the company said in a statement.
This death of the security officer marks the third security officer to be killed on duty during the past seven days.
