Wrong-way driver in New York who killed groom first hit off-duty cop: police sources

A wrong-way driver first struck an off-duty NYPD officer before fatally crashing into groom-to-be Kirk Walker, law enforcement sources said.

According to sources, the officer called 911 after the hit-and-run crash early Saturday near Canal Street and pursued the driver's pickup truck along the West Side Highway until he lost sight of him.

Shortly thereafter, the truck collided head-on with a Dodge Challenger, killing Walker, 38, and his cousin Rob McLaurin, who were celebrating Walker's bachelor party, police and sources said.

The driver of the pickup fled after the accident, while police arrested a 22-year-old passenger.