MVA - Car vs. Pole, Road Closure

[Lt. Robert Osborn]

On 12/28/17 at about 2:02p.m., the Newton Police received a 9-1-1 report of a motor vehicle accident involving a vehicle into a telephone pole in the area of 83 Woodside Avenue.

 

Subsequent investigation revealed that the driver, Felix Morales, age 26, of Sparta Avenue, Newton was heading northbound on Woodside Avenue when his 2003 Silver Jeep Grand Cherokee left the roadway for an unknown reason, striking a traffic sign and a telephone pole before becoming disabled on the right shoulder.

 

Morales was charged with the following offenses:

30:4-97   Careless Driving

39:3-40   Registration suspended

39:3-10   Unlicensed Driver

39:6B-2   Uninsured Motorist  

 

 

As a result of the accident, Woodside Avenue was closed for several hours while the damaged pole was replaced by Century Link.

 

Newton Fire Department and Newton First Aid Squad responded to the scene.  However, Morales refused medical treatment.

 

Officers Involved:

Ptl. John Flanagan and Ptl. Jared Zappa

Ptl. Richard Then of Andover Township Police Department.

Newton Dept. of Public Works and Sussex County Department of Public Works

G.P.U.

 

Accident is still under investigation.

 

 

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