Thread: NJ-Teen seriously injured, DWI hit-and-run involving illegal

Police: Bridgeton teen seriously injured in DWI hit-and-run accident involving illegal immigrant

Published: Friday, June 25, 2010, 7:18 PM Updated: Friday, June 25, 2010, 7:25 PM
Sean C. McCullen


Bridgeton police say a 17-year-old boy was seriously injured when a drunken driver struck him with a van as he walked along Church Street Thursday night.

BRIDGETON — A teenage boy sustained hip injuries and a broken leg when he was struck by an alleged drunken driver’s van on Church Street Thursday night.

The alleged driver, whom police identified as a suspected illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was arrested after a witness to the Church Street hit-and-run crash detained him at Bank Street and Irving Avenue following a foot chase.

Share It was the second hit-and-run accident of the night for Jovany Mendez, 23, who had been living on Church Street, according to police.

Police initially were dispatched to Wendy’s on East Broad Street at 7:58 p.m. on a report that a large, blue passenger van backed into a car in the fast-food restaurant’s drive-thru lane and left the scene, Bridgeton Police Capt. Burl Kimble said.

While responding to the initial hit-and-run accident report, police were advised a van had crashed into several parked cars and a pedestrian on the 100 block of Church St.

The report indicated the pedestrian victim was “pinnedâ€

Mendez’s blood-alcohol content level was 0.22 percent

The above seems to be a common thread among alot of hispanics, legal or other wise.

the accidents in NY that killed a mother and daughter...
the accident in CALI that killed the director or producer of "A Christmas Story" and "Porky's"
the accident in VA that killed the two young girls sitting at a traffice light

All three DUI levels were about .25

Mendez’s blood-alcohol content level was 0.22 percent, nearly three times New Jersey’s legal limit to drive (0.08 percent), police said.

Damn good thing there's an ICE hold on him, cause $50K isn't my idea of an appropriate bond! Just another lowlife POS Obozo wants to amnesty...

I'll bet he has had previous encounters with the law too. It seems to be SOP to only check immigration status when severe bodily injury has happened.