Video: Tractor-Trailer Rear-Ends Patrol Car, New Jersey Officer Killed

VIDEO: Tractor-Trailer Rear-Ends Patrol Car, New Jersey Officer Killed

A 32-year-old officer operating radar on a New Jersey street was killed early Thursday when a tractor-trailer ran off the road and rear-ended his unmarked police cruiser, officials say.

Waldwick police officer Christopher Goodell was sitting in an unmarked Chevrolet on the shoulder of Route 17 at Bergen Avenue at about 1:20 a.m. when his car was hit by the truck, which was headed south on Route 17 and had run off the road, Bergen County prosecutors told WNBC TV .

The impact sent the vehicles careening through a retaining wall and near a house. Goodell's car sustained heavy damage, and the tractor-trailer had some damage as well. Investigators are checking to see if the house was impacted.

Prosecutors say the truck driver called 911 after the crash.