Two Women Charged With DWI In Wall Crashes An Hour Apart

Wall Township police arrested two women and charged them with driving while intoxicated after a pair of single-car crashes that happened a little over an hour apart on Monday.

In the first incident, Carla Perone, 42, of Spring Lake Heights, was charged with DWI after police responded to an accident at Route 71 and 18th Avenue at 11:23 a.m. Monday, Wall Lieutenant Pete Lokerson said.

Police found Perone’s car had struck a guard rail there, he said. There were no reported injuries. Perone was arrested, processed and released on a summons, he said.

A little over an hour later, at 12:43 p.m., Wall police were called to Atlantic Avenue near Allaire State Park, where a car had hit a utility pole. Responding officers found the vehicle driven by Bridget Wolff, 49, of Freehold, left the road and hit the pole as she was headed east on the road, Lokerson said.

The utility pole broke, bringing down power and phone lines, he said, and it forced the closure of Atlantic Avenue for several hours between West 18th Avenue and Lakewood-Farmingdale Road in Howell until the lines were repaired. The road reopened about 10:30 p.m., Lokerson said.

Wolff was arrested, processed and released on a summons, he said.

Patrolman Thomas Dowd is the investigating officer.