CLIFTON -- An officer's gun accidentally discharged while training with the Passaic County Sheriff's Department on Tuesday, causing a leg injury.

The corrections officer, who is with the sheriff's department, was transported to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, spokesman Bill Maer said.

The officer was treated for a "non-serious" flesh wound on the leg and was released within an hour.

The officer, who Maer did not identify, was training at the County Sheriff's range at 3 Valley Road in Clifton.

Maer called the incident an "unfortunate accident" that "warranted a very short hospital visit."

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