by Michelle Sahn
Asbury Park Press

COLTS NECK — Police have charged a 17-year-old township boy with driving while intoxicated in connection with a minor accident on Labor Day weekend, authorities said.

His 17-year-old passenger, also a Colts Neck resident, was charged Tuesday with underage alcohol possession and hindering apprehension because he ran away from the Sept. 6 crash on Woodhollow Road, police said.

At 12:01 a.m., the teen driver lost control of a Ford F-250 pickup truck while trying to make a left turn from Dana Lane onto Woodhollow Road, said Detective Sgt. Joseph Whitehead.

The truck traveled across a front lawn, then crossed Woodhollow Road and hit a mailbox and a tree, before striking a garage, police said.

The driver suffered minor injuries. No one in the house was injured, police said.

The driver was taken into custody at the scene and was also charged with underage possession of alcohol (beer), police said.

The teens names were not released because they are juveniles.

Patrolman Brian Caswell handled the investigation, with help from Patrolman Ron Breuer and Sgt. Todd Mayer.