Bayville Man Hit By Cop Car After Running Stop Sign: Police

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ — A Bayville man driving in Egg Harbor Township was struck by a police car after he failed to stop at a stop sign, Egg Harbor Township police said.

Michael Knapp, 40, was issued traffic summonses for careless driving and failure to yield the right of way, police said. The officer that hit his car, Timothy Canale, was taken to Shore Medical Center for treatment of his injuries, police said.

The crash happened on Aug. 9 at the intersection of Spruce Avenue and Franklin Avenue in the Cardiff section of town at about 8:18 a.m., police said.

Canale was driving a marked patrol SUV (#197) northbound on Spruce Avenue when Knapp, driving westbound on Franklin Avenue in a 2018 Nissan Frontier, did not stop at the stop sign, police said.

Because Knapp did not stop, Canale's SUV's front bumper struck the mid-driver side of Knapp's Nissan, causing it to rotate and roll towards its passenger side, police said. The Nissan left the roadway onto the northwest corner of the intersection, police said.

Traffic was detoured for about an hour while SMPO Robert Moran and Officer Jim Ludwig of the EHT Traffic Safety Unit investigated the crash, police said.