PATERSON -- A city police officer was charged Tuesday night with leaving the scene of an accident that killed a Paterson man, authorities said.

Jaquill Fields, 23, was struck by a vehicle at N. 4th Street and Temple Street at about 8:25 p.m., Paterson Police Director Jerry Speziale said in a press release.

Fields died of his injuries at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Speziale said.

An investigation by Paterson Police and the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office led police to arrest Jose Urena, 30. Urena, a seven-year veteran of the force, was off duty at the time, Speziale said.

Urena was arrested has been suspended without pay, Speziale said.

Speziale referred all questions to the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office, which is handling the investigation.

Urena was credited in 2014 with saving a woman and her 6-year-old triplets from a fire on Godwin Avenue.

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