Driver Seriously Injured In Ocean County Crash

BERKELEY – A crash at a busy intersection in a retirement community sent one driver to the local trauma center.

Police said that that at 9:15 a.m. on July 3, a Toyota Camry was heading west on Jamaica Boulevard and failed to stop at the stop sign at Bimini Drive. It was then struck in the driver’s side by a Honda Civic going north on Bimini.

After the crash, the Camry came to rest on the front lawn of a home on Bimini. The driver suffered “significant injuries” and had to be extricated from the car and airlifted to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune. The Civic came to rest on the sidewalk of Jamaica Boulevard. That driver was brought to Community Medical Center in Toms River via ambulance.

The Ocean County Sheriff’s Department CSI responded to the scene and assisted with the investigation. This crash is being investigated by Patrolman Ed Hendrickson of the Berkeley Township Police Department’s Traffic Safety Bureau. Anyone with information regarding this crash is asked to call the Berkeley Township Police Department’s Traffic Safety Bureau at (732)-341-1132 ext. 2125. Callers can remain anonymous.