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State Police Charge NY Man with Assault by Auto After Lawnside Crash that Injured Two

Lawnside Borough New Jersey

State Troopers from Troop "D" Morrestown Station have charged a man with assault by auto, after he crashed into a construction vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike, injuring two men.

On Wednesday, March 18, at approximately 2:22 a.m., Brian Seymour, 41, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was traveling northbound on the Turnpike at milepost 28.5 when he crashed his 2011 Mercedes-Benz into a construction vehicle that was in the left shoulder. 

The two injured construction workers were on the rear lift of the truck, in the process of picking up signs. 

The victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to Virtua Mount Holly and Cooper Hospital.

Seymour was arrested without incident and charged with DWI, assault by auto, and driving while suspended and causing serious bodily injury.

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