SEA GIRT – While responding to a first aid call, an officer drove into a building on Beacon Boulevard, officials said.
On September 21, a 27-year-old Class II officer of Sea Girt was responding to a first aid call in the area of 1000 Ocean Avenue. While driving there, his patrol car left the road and drove into a cottage at 100 Beacon Boulevard, officials said. At the time of the accident, there was no one on the property and no civilians were injured.
The officer was brought to Jersey Shore University Medical Center Trauma Unit in Neptune City, where he agreed to provide a blood sample and turn over his cell phone to investigators with the Monmouth County Serious Collision Analysis Response Team (SCART). The officer has since been discharged from the hospital.
The patrol car was towed and brought to Monmouth County Central Motor Pool for further investigation.
Officials say the cause of the collision is still under investigation.
