Brick Teen Hurt When Car Hits Utility Pole

An 18-year-old from Brick was injured Friday morning when a car hit a utility pole on Drum Point Road, police said.

Ashley Lendle was driving west on Drum Point in a 2002 Chrysler Sebring when the car left the road and hit the utility pole near Circle Drive, Brick Sgt. Neal Pedersen said.

Lendle suffered a knee injury and had to be extricated from the car before she was flown to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, via MONOC helicopter, he said.

Lendle’s condition was not immediately available.