POLICE: 86 Year Old Driver Alright After Crashing Car into Building

POLICE: 86 Year Old Driver Alright After Crashing Car into Building

by Ralph Stocco, TRPD

TOMS RIVER-On January 10th at 4:30pm Police, Fire, and Medical units responded to an office building at 833 Route 37 west for a motor vehicle crash.  Upon arrival they observed that a 2006 Ford Taurus was lodged within the structure.  The 86 year old driver, Jeanette Martin of Toms River, was not injured during the crash.  Mrs. Martin was attempting to park her car when her foot slipped off of the brake pedal.  The Taurus then went over the curb and through the class window of a vacant building causing significant damage to the structure.  A 91 year old female passenger of the car was also uninjured.  Traffic officer Robert Westfall is conducting the investigation.

POLICE: 86 Year Old Driver Alright After Crashing Car into Building