The driver had to be rushed to the hospital following the single-vehicle crash.
A Keansburg man was charged with DWI after he crashed his car into a pole, police said. (File photo)HOLMDEL -- A Keansburg man was charged with DWI after he crashed into a pole Saturday morning, police said.
Police responded to the area of Palmer Avenue and Middle Road shortly after 8 a.m. after receiving a report of a possible motor-vehicle crash.
When police arrived, they found a blue Nissan Maxima with heavy front-end damage, Holmdel police Lt. Michael Pigott said in a statement sent to news outlets.
Police determined that the driver, 63-year-old Haji Hussein, crashed into a pole off the roadway, Pigott said.
Hussein was injured in the single-vehicle crash, and was taken to a local hospital, Pigott said. It was there that authorities determined Hussein was drunk and charged him with DWI, Pigott said. He was also charged with failure to maintain a traffic lane.
The westbound lanes of Middle Road were closed for approximately two hours Saturday morning for the cleanup.
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