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Route 17 Road Rage Crash Sends Utility Pole Into Highway, Driver Charged: Police
A road rage incident on Route 17 led to a three-vehicle crash and criminal charges after two drivers initially fled the scene Thursday, Jan. 8, authorities said.
Mohamad Hammouda, a 28-year-old man from East Rutherford, was in an Acura TL when he tried to ram the victims’ vehicle, a Nissan Pathfinder, causing it to swerve off the roadway and strike a utility pole in the southbound lanes of Route 17 just before Williams Avenue at approximately 9:40 a.m., according to Lt. John Behr.
The pole came down into the roadway and caused significant damage, at which point a third vehicle, a Tesla…
DWI Driver Trapped In Car After Severing Utility Pole In Half: Manchester PD
A 61-year-old Manchester woman was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after she crashed into a utility pole, severing it in half on Wednesday, July 16, authorities said.
Upon arrival, officers observed the damaged utility pole with high-voltage power lines down across the roadway, after the driver, Lisa Leith, failed to negotiate a curve Manchester police said. A 2024 red Nissan Frontier was located 20 yards into a wooden area, overturned and resting on its roof with significant front-end damage, after striking several street signs and multiple trees, along with the pole, po…
Brick Man Fled Scene After Crashing 69 Chevy Camaro: Prosecutor
A 54-year-old Brick Township man was arrested after he crashed a 1969 Chevy Camaro and fled the scene on Wednesday, July 2, authorities said.
At 8 p.m., Brick Township police responded to Schoener Drive and Brick Boulevard and found the Camaro had crashed into a utility pole and Nicholas Lotito, the driver, left the scene on foot, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said.
Lotito lost control of the Camaro before crashing, Billhimer said. Two passengers in the car also left the scene, with one later checking into a nearby hospital, where he was treated and released, Billhimer said.
Lo…
Police ID Three 20-Somethings Killed In High-Speed South Jersey BMW Crash
Three people in their 20s were killed in a South Jersey crash early Saturday, Aug. 17, police said.
A 2006 BMW operated by Ian P. Rodriguez, of Millville, was heading west on Mayslanding Road at a high rate of speed when it suddenly left the roadway to the right on the approach of Panther Road around 8:25 a.m., Vineland Sgt. N. Dounoulis said.
The vehicle struck a utility pole, lost control, and overturned while striking an irrigation winch located on the farm field on the northwest corner of the intersection, Dounoulis said.
The two passengers of the vehicle, Joquan Carter, 26, and Shamer…
