Manchester Woman Hospitalized After Car Hits Two Homes

A Manchester woman was injured Thursday night when she hit the wall of the garage in her home and then struck the home adjoining hers, police said Friday.

Jeanne Donadio, 80, of Leisure Village West, was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, for treatment, Capt. Todd Malland said. Her condition was not immediately available.

Malland said Donadio was pulling into the garage of her home on Cambridge Circle shortly before 8 p.m. on Thursday when her 2002 Ford Taurus hit the wall separating her unit from her neighbor’s attached unit. After hitting the garage wall, Donadio’s car then hit the front of the neighbor’s unit, causing significant damage, he said.

Donadio’s passenger, Lori Warnke, 56, of Manchester, was uninjured, he said.

The damage to the homes resulted in the residents of both being forced to stay with family members on Thursday night, he said.

The Manchester and Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Companies, as well as the Manchester Volunteer First Aid Squad, MONOC paramedics from Monoc, the Manchester Township Building Inspector and detectives from the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office CSI Unit responded to and assisted at the scene.

Patrolman Paul Bachovchin of the department’s Traffic Safety Section is investigating.