5 Injured After Driver Runs Stop Sign In Toms River

TOMS RIVER, NJ — Five people were injured Monday when a driver ran a stop sign in the North Dover section of Toms River, Toms River police said.

Jane Jusinski, 75, of Toms River, was driving a gray 2024 GMC west on Hickory Street and failed to stop at the stop sign for Vermont Avenue, Lt. Gene Bachonski said.

As she entered the intersection, the GMC hit another vehicle, which was headed south on Vermont Avenue, Bachonski said. The description of the second vehicle and information on its occupants — the driver and three passengers — was not immediately available as the investigation was continuing, he said.

One vehicle wound up on its side against a utility pole as a result of the crash, photos published by The Lakewood Scoop show.

Jusinski and all four people in the second vehicle all were injured, he said. Jusinski was taken to Community Medical Center in Toms River. The driver and three passengers in the other vehicle were taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune for treatment, Bachonski said.

Both vehicles had to be towed from the scene by Priced Rite Towing, he said.

Jusinski was issued a summons for failing to obey a stop sign.

The road was closed during the investigation but has since been reopened.