Delaware woman, 38, arrested after crashing her car into a N.J. hospital on New Year’s Eve
The driver, April Love, 38, of New Castle, drove the car around 60 feet down a hospital hallway, police said.
A woman was arrested after she drove a car into a Cumberland County, N.J., hospital shortly before midnight on New Year’s Eve, police said.
April Love, 38, of New Castle, Del., was charged with assault by a motor vehicle, endangering another person, and criminal mischief after she drove her car through the ambulance bay doors at Inspira Health Center in Bridgeton, nearly hitting a security officer, Bridgeton police said.
When police arrived at the hospital around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, they found Love at the scene. She had crashed through the ambulance bay entrance and careered approximately 60 feet through a hospital hallway, police said. The security officer sustained a minor injury when he jumped out of the way of the car, a spokesperson for Inspira Health said.
Ambulances were diverted until around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, the spokesperson said.
The walk-in emergency entrance remained open at the time of the incident, and patient care was not affected, the spokesperson said.
Love was arrested without incident and taken to the Cumberland County Jail, where she was being held Thursday.