PHOENIX — A procession transported the body of a Phoenix police officer killed in an on-duty collision to a mortuary on Wednesday.
Dozens of law enforcement motorcycles from multiple agencies escorted the white hearse carrying Officer Ginarro New from the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office in downtown Phoenix to a mortuary in north-central Phoenix.
Police said the 27-year-old officer died Monday night after his police SUV was struck in an intersection by a car that ran a red light.
The car’s driver was identified by police as 31-year old Christopher Castro.
According to police, speed and impairment were believed to be contributed factors in the crash.
New joined the department in July 2019.
He is survived by a his wife, mother, brother and grandmother.
