Driver Arrested For Crashing Into Franklin Senior Center, Fleeing Scene

FRANKLIN, NJ — A driver wanted for crashing into the Franklin Township Senior Center early Saturday morning has been found and arrested.

"We have located both the vehicle and the driver," Franklin Township Police Department posted.

Joseph Driggers Jr., 40, of Somerset was found to be the driver of a 2001 Chevy Impala that struck the Senior Center between 2 and 3 a.m. on Oct. 21, a police investigation revealed.

Driggers Jr. has been charged with reckless driving, careless driving, leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident with property damage and failing to report a motor vehicle accident with property damage, police report.

He will be scheduled to appear in the Franklin Township Municipal Court in the near future.

(Image via Franklin Township Police Department: Franklin Township Senior Center following the crash on Saturday morning.)

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