Four Hurt, Two Charged in Head-On Crash

A head-on crash in Morris Township sent four people to the hospital on Sunday, police said.

Laura Reilly, 23, of Randolph, was driving alone in a 2009 Honda Accord in the northbound lane of Ridgedale Avenue near Evergreen Place when she crossed into the southbound lane and collided with a 1995 Jeep Cherokee, Morris Township Lt. Edward Conrads said.

Conrads said there were three people in the Jeep: the driver, Ricardo Gutierrez, 41, and passengers Enrique Montoya, 34, and Renan Chavarria, 30, all from Morristown.

Gutierrez—who was later charged with driving while intoxicated, driving without a license, assault by auto and leaving the scene of an accident with personal injury—left the crash scene but was located by responding officers, Conrads said.

Reilly was charged with failing to keep right, Conrads said. 

Assisting at the scene were members of the Morris Township Fire Department and Morris Minutemen Emergency Medical Services. 

"Reilly sustained non-life threatening injuries to her lower extremity and was treated at Morristown Medical Center, where she was later released," Conrads said. "Mr. Gutierrez sustained injuries to his upper and lower extremities. (He was kept at the hospital until Wednesday.) The two passengers in the Jeep sustained head and neck injuries, were treated at Morristown Medical Center and later released."

Conrads said that the crash investigation remains active in the Morris Township Police Department's Traffic Safety Unit.