Police identify woman, officer involved in fatal Camden County crash

Thursday, June 17, 2021
WOODLYNNE, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Police have identified the woman who was hit and killed by a Camden County police officer earlier this month.

According to police, Officer Kevin Randolph Gilbert Jr. was driving a police vehicle on Mt. Ephraim Avenue at about 11 p.m. on June 9 when he hit Zandra Baez, 66.
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Baez was crossing Mt. Ephraim Avenue at Woodlyne Avenue at the time she was hit, investigators said.

Gilbert, who was on-duty and in uniform at the time, immediately stopped and called for assistance, police said.

He was not responding to any call for service at the time.
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Baez was pronounced dead on the scene at about 11:09 p.m.

The attorney general's office is investigating, which is standard of any death involving a law enforcement officer.

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