New Jersey Statutes Title 43. Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation 43 § 8A-12

(1) Upon the accidental death of a member before retirement, provided that evidence shall be submitted to the board of trustees justifying the determination that the natural and approximate cause of such death was an accident met in the actual performance of duty within two years preceding the date of such death and that such death was not the result of the member's willful negligence, an accidental death benefit shall be payable.

(2) The accidental death benefit shall consist of: