Two Port Authority detectives 'suspended over ex-MLB pitcher's death'

Two Port Authority detectives have reportedly been suspended for ignoring a wrong-way driver, who went on to kill himself and officer , a former Major League pitcher, in a two-car collision.

Henry Plaras, 30, was driving his Toyota Rav4 to the Ground Zero ceremony on September 11 in lower Manhattan, when he was allegedly spotted by detectives Daniel Rafael and John Basile driving the wrong way on the Turnpike Hudson Bay Extension, according to the .

Neither Rafael nor Basile reported Plaras, who ultimately collided with Varvaro's police vehicle, the Post reports. Later, unaware of the fatal ramifications of their decision to ignore Plaras, the two detectives discussed seeing the wrong-way driver on their way to the Ground Zero memorial for that day's ceremony, according to the Post. Rafael and Plaras have reportedly been suspended, as well as two other detectives connected to the incident.

Two Port Authority detectives 'suspended over ex-MLB pitcher's death'

Two Port Authority detectives have reportedly been suspended for ignoring a wrong-way driver, who went on to kill himself and officer Anthony Varvaro, a former MLB pitcher, in a collision.