Dash Cam Video of Driver Striking Police Car in South Brunswick

South Brunswick, NJ -

South Brunswick Police have released dash cam video of an incident Monday in which a driver slammed into a South Brunswick patrol car that had pulled over a truck for speeding on Rt. 130.

At 1:28 p.m. Monday, veteran Officer Gregory Boldizar had stopped a tractor trailer for speeding on Rt. 130 south in front of Dayton Toyota car dealership. The tractor trailer stopped in the shoulder of the roadway and the patrol car was approximately 25 feet behind in the truck, Captain James Ryan said.

Officer Boldizar spoke with the truck driver and then returned to his patrol car to process the paperwork. At 1:38 p.m. Officer Boldizar radioed police headquarters to advise his patrol car had been struck and he needed EMS. The vehicle that struck the patrol car was a 2014 white Mazda driven by a 24-year-old South Brunswick man, Jordan Pinnock. Witnesses said that Pinnock had been driving on Rt. 130 south in the left lane when he drifted into the right lane, then onto the shoulder, then partially onto the grass before striking the patrol car. The second video shows the white Mazda driving erratically before hitting the squad car.

Officer Boldizar was bleeding but exited his car to check on Pinnock. Pinnock was disoriented and had no recollection of what had happened.

South Brunswick EMS and paramedics transported Pinnock and Officer Boldizar to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Officer Boldizar was treated for a head laceration and sprained elbow and released. Pinnock was also treated and released.

Traffic investigators are looking into the possibility that Pinnock suffered a medical condition prior to the crash. No charges have been filled at this time.

“Yesterday’s crash just reminds us the daily dangers officers face even when doing the most routine tasks," said Chief Raymond Hayducka. "While we don’t know exactly why this driver lost control, there is a law in New Jersey that motorists need to move over for stopped emergency vehicles ... Standing only feet away from vehicles passing at 55 mph leave little room for error as we see in this case.”

The crash shut down Rt. 130 South for thirty minutes Monday afternoon. The investigation is ongoing.