Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Eugene Otersen was struck and killed by an Erie Lackawanna Railroad train at the crossing at the intersection of 19th Street and Grove Street.
Patrolman Otersen was assigned duty at the Nagle Plant, where workers were on strike. He was knocked off a trestle near the tracks and was hit when the train passed by. He died from a fracture of the skull two hours later at St. Francis Hospital.
Patrolman Otersen had served with the Jersey City Police Department for over a year and was assigned to the Ocean Avenue Station.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Patrolman Otersen gave the Jersey City Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Jersey City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Otersen.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Eugene C. Otersen is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NJ, 258 of 646 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.9% of this state's fallen. That is 8.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Jersey City Police Department, 21 of 41 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 51.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Eugene C. Otersen's cause is highlighted.
How Eugene C. Otersen Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Eugene C. Otersen is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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