Edison Man Fatally Struck By Police Car, State Investigating

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – An East Brunswick Police Department patrol car fatally struck a resident on Rt. 18 on Sunday, authorities said.

Julius Filep, 55, of Edison, died after he was struck by a patrol car driven by Officer Mitchell Ngai of the East Brunswick police department, the New Jersey Attorney General’s office said in a statement.

Ngai was on duty and responding to a reported motor vehicle accident in the southbound lanes of the road, according to a preliminary investigation.

He was traveling northbound in the vicinity of the reported accident around 3:35 a.m., when he struck Filep, who was walking on the road in front of 260 Route 18, the Attorney General’s office said.

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Medical aid was administered to Filep, who was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:13 a.m., according to the Attorney General’s office.

The Attorney General’s Office is investigating the death. Ngai has been a police officer since 2019, NJ.com reports.

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