TOMS RIVER – Police said weather was a factor in how a car wound up in the water.
Officers responded to Holmes Avenue at around 6:40 p.m. on November 1. A car had wound up in a shallow lagoon, police told JerseyShoreOnline.com.
“The driver, Catherine Belardo, 70 of Toms River, stated she was attempting to make a turn onto Tennyson Avenue and instead drove up the driveway on Holmes Avenue and into a shallow lagoon as she misidentified the roadway due to the inclement weather,” said Jillian Messina, spokeswoman for the township police.
The driver showed no sign of impairment and there are no charges at this time, she said.
The incident was first reported by Ocean County Scanner News.
