Driver Was Intoxicated In Fatal 2021 Car Crash In Wall: Prosecutor

WALL, NJ — A 27-year-old township man was arrested Monday, charged with being criminally responsible for a 2021 motor vehicle collision that left an 82-year-old Brick man dead, police said.

Nolan T. Dickson, 27, is charged with second-degree vehicular homicide and third-degree causing death while operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, according to a news release from Wall Police Det. Lt. Chad Clark. Dickson was released without bail, Clark said.

An investigation determined that Dickson was driving his vehicle recklessly under the influence of intoxicating substances at the time of the collision, police said. An affidavit of probable cause indicated Dickson was "under the influence of an intoxicating level of multiple narcotics and marijuana." The investigation was conducted by the Monmouth County Serious Collision Analysis Response Team, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Accident Investigation Unit, and the Wall Township Police Department

The collision took place on Saturday June 27, 2021, on State Highway 35 just north of the intersection with Lakewood Road. Members of the Wall Township Police Department responded at about 10:09 a.m. to a report of a head-on collision there, the news release said.

Upon arrival, the officer encountered three cars involved in the collision: a 2019 BMW430i driven by Dickson, a 2019 Honda CRV and a 2017 Toyota Camry driven by Paul Yuro of Brick.

Dickson was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Yuro was also transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center for severe injuries by Wall Township Emergency Medical Services and paramedics from Hackensack Meridian, where he later died from his injuries, police said.

The investigation found that Dickson’s vehicle was traveling on State Highway 35 southbound when he struck the rear of the 2019 Honda CRV and then crossed over the double yellow line into northbound traffic, striking the vehicle being operated by Yuro, police said.

This case is being handled by Monmouth County Assistant Prosecutor Meghan Doyle. Dickson is represented by Mitchell Ansell, Ocean Township.

If convicted of the second-degree offense, Dickson would be subject to a term of up to 10 years in state person, with 85 percent of the term to be served before the possibility of parole, according to the provisions of New Jersey’s No Early Release Act, police said.