PATERSON -- A city police officer faces up to 15 years in prison for allegedly driving from the scene after striking a 23-year-old man last June, the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office said.

Jose Urena, 30, of North Haledon was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday on charges of knowingly leaving the scene of a fatal accident and endangering an injured victim.

Authorities say Urena was off-duty June 16 when he struck the city resident around 8:25 p.m. at Fourth and Temple streets. Police and EMS personnel arrived and found Jaquill Fields seriously injured. He was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, where he later died.

Urena was charged following an "intensive investigation" by the prosecutor's Vehicular Homicide Unit, which also recovered the vehicle involved, authorities said.

Urena has been free since posting bail shortly after his arrest, News 12 New Jersey reported.

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