NJ Fire Police Officer Struck and Injured by Drunk Driver
New Jersey Fire Police
An elderly volunteer firefighter was seriously injured early Saturday when a vehicle he was leaning on was hit by an alleged drunken driver.
State police say 86-year-old Charles Christine was helping to direct traffic at an intersection in White Township, where some power lines had come down, when the accident occurred just after midnight in the Warren County community.
Christine, who serves with the Belvidere Fire Police, was leaning against a pickup truck -- parked perpendicular to the roadway with emergency lights on -- when it was struck by a car driven by 23-year-old Daniel Tigue of Blairstown.
Christine was in fair condition at Saint Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, Pa., where he was being treated for head and arm injuries.
Tigue was charged with aggravated assault and drunken driving.
White Township is a Township in Warren County. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 4,245.