New Jersey Officer Injured When DUI Driver Crashes Into Her Squad Car

An officer with the Brick Township (NJ) Police Department was assisting with an investigation of a motor vehicle accident when a suspected drunk driver slammed into her parked squad car.

An officer with the Brick Township (NJ) Police Department was assisting with an investigation of a motor vehicle accident when a suspected drunk driver slammed into her parked squad car. Image courtesy of Brick Township PD / Facebook.An officer with the Brick Township (NJ) Police Department was assisting with an investigation of a motor vehicle accident when a suspected drunk driver slammed into her parked squad car.  Image courtesy of Brick Township PD / Facebook.

An officer with the Brick Township (NJ) Police Department was assisting with an investigation of a motor vehicle accident when a suspected drunk driver slammed into her parked squad car.  

Nicole Borden had just gotten back into her vehicle when 46-year-old Tamara Bailey "failed to move over to the adjacent lane of travel and crashed into the police cruiser" the department said on Facebook.

Officer Borden was transported to a nearby hospital and later released.

Bailey was arrested and charged with DUI, Assault by Auto, DUI Refusal, Reckless Driving, Failure to Maintain Lane, and Move Over Law.

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