Manahawkin Man Charged With Assault in Crash With LEH Girls
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The two girls were airlifted to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, where they remain listed in critical condition.
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced Monday that Michael Pillarella, 26, was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of assault by auto. Pillarella was initially charged with reckless driving and failure to maintain his lane.
At about 9:45 pm Saturday, Jan 30, Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department responded to Radio Road and Baltusrol Court for a report of a two-vehicle crash with serious injuries.
The Manahawkin man behind the wheel of a car that put two teenagers in the hospital with critical injuries was arrested Monday and now faces charges of Aggravated Assault and Assault by Auto in addition to Reckless Driving and Failure to Maintain his lane, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced.
It all stems from a car accident that occurred on Saturday night around 9:45 near Radio Road and Baltusrol Court in Little Egg Harbor.
The investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Vehicular Homicide Unit and Little Egg Harbor Police revealed that Michael Pillarella, 26, was traveling northbound on Radio Road when he didn t drive properly through a curve in the roadway and then crossed over the centerline where he struck an oncoming 2006 Toyota XB traveling southbound.
A Manahawkin man is charged with reckless driving and failure to maintain his lane stemming from an accident that occurred near Radio Road and Baltusrol Court in Little Egg Harbor Saturday evening, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced on Sunday.
Little Egg Harbor Police responded around 9:45 pm to a report of a two-vehicle crash with serious injuries.
Michael Pillarella, 26, of Manahawkin, was heading northbound in a 2017 Hyundai Elantra on Radio Road when he failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway, crossed over the centerline, and struck an oncoming 2006 Toyota XB traveling southbound on Radio Road, according to a joint investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Vehicular Homicide Unit and Little Egg Harbor Police Department.
Two Teens Critical After Being Hit By Another Car in LEH Crash
A car ride for frozen yogurt turned tragic for two girl friends in Little Egg Harbor when they were involved in a serious car crash Saturday night. The two friends were hit by another car which crossed the centerline and crashed in to their vehicle. Both girls were airlifted to the hospital where they are listed in critical condition.
According to Little Egg Harbor Township Police, about 9:45pm Saturday, a 2017 Hyundai Elantra driven by Michael Pillarella, 26, of Manahawkin, was traveling northbound on Radio Road when he failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway, crossed over the centerline, and struck an oncoming 2006 Toyota XB travelling southbound on Radio Road.