Wall Man Faces DWI, Heroin Charges After Rear-End Crash: Police

WALL, NJ — A Wall Township man faces heroin and driving while intoxicated charges after a crash Sunday at the Route 34/35/70 interchange that injured a Manasquan man, Wall police said Monday.

Vincent M. Petrucelli, 24, of Wall, was southbound on Route 34 shortly after 2:30 p.m. when his 2015 GMC Yukon drifted into the left-turn lane and hit the rear of a 2014 Mercedes Benz that was stopped at a red light on southbound Route 34 to turn onto Route 35, Detective Lt. Greg Carpino said.

The rear-end collision left the driver of the Mercedes, a 26-year-old Manasquan man, with nonlife-threatening injuries, Carpino said. The man was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center by Wall EMS for treatment, he said.

The left-turn lane of Route 34 south to Route 35 north was closed for about an hour Sunday afternoon during the crash investigation, he said.

Patrolman Jack Gramlich charged Petrucelli with driving while intoxicated, aggravated assault by automobile, possession of heroin with the intent to distribute and being under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance, Carpino said. After arrest processing, Petrucelli was released on a complaint summons and a pending court date.

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