Crime & Safety
Driver Hit Bridge, Charged With DWI: Hackettstown Police
The man driving the car, who was from Washington Township, was not injured, police said.
HACKETTSTOWN, NJ — A man faces DWI charges after he crashed his car into a bridge on East Avenue, according to Hackettstown police.
Timothy Mikesh, 43, of Morris County’s Washington Township, is awaiting a court appearance to also answer charges of careless driving and for having an open container, said Sgt. Darren Tynan, a spokesperson for the Hackettstown Police Department.
Mikesh lost control of his car on Feb. 2 at about 8 p.m. hitting the bridge, Tynan wrote in a news release on Tuesday.
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He said Mikesh was not hurt in the crash and there were no other cars involved.
When officers approached Mikesh after the crash, Tynan said they smelled alcohol and found a bottle of vodka in Mikesh’s car.
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The bridge on East Avenue was not damaged and there was no impact to traffic from the incident, Tynan wrote to Patch in an email statement.
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