Crime & Safety
Police: 2 Women Injured by Narcotic-Intoxicated Driver
Waretown man charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and failure to maintain lane after striking two vehicles
A Waretown man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after a three-car motor vehicle accident in front of Oyster Creek Generating Station yesterday.
Route 9 was shut down for approximately 20 minutes on Friday while police investigated the accident in which Richard Bischoff Jr., 40, of Waretown allegedly struck two vehicles at 6 p.m.
Birschoff's Ford Ranger pickup truck was traveling southbound on Route 9 before he crossed over the centerline and sideswiped a passenger car driven by Joyce Crothers, 80, of Forked River.
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Birschoff's vehicle then entered the northbound lane of Route 9 and struck a second vehicle, driven by Marianna Gallotta of Bayville, head on.
Gallotta and Crothers were transported to Community Medical Center for injuries sustained as a result of the accident. Both women were discharged from the hospital after being treated for minor injuries.
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Bischoff was allegedly under the influence of prescribed narcotics at the time of the accident.
He was charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and failure to maintain lane.
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