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February 14, 2023
After a Monday afternoon car crash that knocked out a utility pole and shut down the road, Toms River Police charged a Bayville man with DUI and other offenses.
Richard Heaney, 56, was driving eastbound on Water Street when he lost control of his pickup truck and crashed into a utility pole before coming to a stop in a parking lot along East Water Street around 3:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon, according to police.
Heaney had several live cable/power lines wrapped around his truck after crashing into the utility pole, and the ones that weren't started burning across Water Street.
The accident is still being investigated.
