Crime & Safety
NJ Cop Hits Home With SUV While Answering 911 Call
The 27-year-old officer was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center and was later discharged.
SEA GIRT, NJ – A Sea Girt Borough police officer was not seriously injured after his patrol car struck a building while on duty Tuesday afternoon. The cause of the collision is under investigation, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced Wednesday.
Shortly after 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, the 27-year-old Class II officer was responding to a first-aid call at Ocean Avenue when his 2019 Ford Explorer left the roadway and drove onto a property on Beacon Boulevard, according to investigators.
The vehicle hit a cottage and trailer on the property and came to rest after striking a trailer. No one was home at the property at the time, and no civilians were injured.
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The officer was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center Trauma Unit in Neptune City. He agreed to provide a blood sample and gave his cell phone to investigators with the Monmouth County Serious Collision Analysis Response Team (SCART).
Monmouth County Fleet Services towed the vehicle back to the Monmouth County Central Motor Pool for further investigation.
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