{"id":48345,"date":"2015-08-30T17:52:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T21:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=48345"},"modified":"2015-08-30T17:56:23","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T21:56:23","slug":"breaking-off-duty-philadelphia-police-officer-killed-in-hit-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/breaking-off-duty-philadelphia-police-officer-killed-in-hit-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-Duty Philadelphia Police Officer Killed In Hit-&#038;-Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA &#8212; An Officer with the Philadelphia police department died Sunday after being struck while riding a\u00a0motorcycle on Roosevelt Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened around 4:10 p.m. The Officer was off-duty at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>The driver that hit the Officer fled the scene but was apprehended a short time later.<\/p>\n<p>The Officer was rushed to Aria-Torresdale Hospital in critical condition but later died.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash\">#BREAKING<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillyPolice\">@PhillyPolice<\/a> confirm off- duty officer killed in hit-and-run. One in custody. Bad scene. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSPhilly\">@CBSPhilly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Sn6cQNCZ7f\">pic.twitter.com\/Sn6cQNCZ7f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Patterson (@PattersonCBS3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PattersonCBS3\/status\/638106097245650944\">August 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>An investigation is ongoing. No further details were available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA &#8212; An Officer with the Philadelphia police department died Sunday after being struck while riding a\u00a0motorcycle on Roosevelt Boulevard. The incident happened around 4:10 p.m. The Officer was off-duty at the time of the crash. The driver that hit the Officer fled the scene but was apprehended a short time later. 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