Police: Drunken Driver Slams Utility Pole

A Tinton Falls man was charged with drunken driving Friday after police said he struck a utility pole at the intersection of Gully Road and Brighton Avenue.

Sung Choi, 43, had to be extricated from his vehicle by the Glendola Fire Department and Wall First Aid Squad when police investigated his one-car crash at 11:55 p.m. Friday. Authorities said Choi was driving drunk when he left the roadway and struck a utility pole, thereby dislodging a power line. JCP&L was called to the scene to repair the line and pole.

Choi was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries, police said.

The Tinton Falls man was charged with DWI.

• A North Carolina man was arrested Friday night after police received a report of a suspicious person in the area of Route 35 and 18th Avenue.

Police charged Jimmy Lee Morris, 29, of North Carolina with obstruction and disorderly conduct after responding to the call at 10 p.m. He was transported to the Monmouth County Correctional Institution in lieu of 2,000 bail.