Police said Michael Csanyi's personal vehicle caught fire after colliding with a parked vehicle. He was off-duty at the time of the accident.
WOODBRIDGE - Police are investigating an accident earlier this month where one of their officers crashed his personal vehicle into a parked car and suffered severe burns when one of the cars erupted in flames, said police Capt. Roy Hoppock.
Michael Csanyi, 39, suffered burns over half his body in the 1 a.m. crash on Oct. 13 in on Ella Avenue off Avenel Street in Avenel, according to police.
The officer is at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, where he is a patient in the burn unit, according to a report on mycentraljersey.com.
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Csanyi's condition remained critical on Wednesday, according to the website.
Hoppock said there were no other drivers involved in the crash, and no other people were injured.
"I do want to add, the investigation is continuing," Hoppock stated in an email to NJ Advance Media on Wednesday.
Police said Csanyi was off-duty at the time of the accident.
Csanyi suffered second- and third-degree burns to more than half of his body. He was flown by helicopter from Avenel Middle School to University Hospital in Newark, then to Saint Barnabas, police said.
Csanyi, a graduate of Colonia High School, was one of eight new officers hired in December 2008, according to mycentraljersey.com.
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