Man Was Drunk in Head-On Crash, Cops Say

A Mansfield Township man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after hitting another vehicle head-on in Hackettstown Saturday night, Sgt. Darren Tynan said.

Volovhiy Myhajl, 28, was heading southbound on Route 182 (Mountain Avenue) when he turned right onto Route 57, Tynan said. In making the turn, Myhajl crashed into a pick-up truck driven by a Newton man, who was stopped in the left-turn lane, Tynan said.

Due to the impact between Myhajl and Dierling’s vehicles, the car behind Dierling was also struck, which was driven by a Milford woman, Tynan said.

When police arrived at the scene, they found Myhajl’s passenger, Dmytro Vatamaniuk, 25, of Mansfield Township, unconscious, Tynan said. Vatamaniuk was transported to Morristown Medical Center, Tynan said.

Officers found one sealed and one open bottle of beer in Myhajl’s vehicle, and he refused to take a breath sample, Tynan said.

Myhajl was charged with driving while intoxicated, refusal to submit breath samples, possession of an open container of alcohol, reckless driving, failure to stay in a marked lane, operating a motor vehicle without a license and failure to exhibit a valid insurance card.

Assisting at the scene was the Hackettstown Fire Department, Hackettstown Rescue Squad, Hackettstown Fire Police, St. Clare’s Medic Unit, Mansfield Township Police and the New Jersey State Park Police.

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