Minor Injuries in Crash After Teen Runs Stop Sign

A two-car accident at the intersection of Brown and Papen roads early Friday evening resulted in minor injuries, Bridgewater Police said.

Sgt. Richard Shimp said a 17-year-old Bridgewater female who was driving east on Papen Road, drove through the stop sign and struck a vehicle driven by Deborah Alexander Mank, 53, of Basking Ridge, at about 5:10 p.m. Alexander Mank was traveling north on Brown Road, Shimp said.

While both vehicles ended up on the front lawn of a home on the corner of the intersection, Shimp described the accident as "just your basic intersection accident."

The teen driver also had a 17-year-old female passenger in the vehicle at the time of the accident. Both were taken to Somerset Medical Center with complaints of "feeling stiff all over" and an "elbow and lower arm injury," Shimp said.

Alexander Mank was also taken to Somerset Medical Center with complaints of a stiff neck, according to police.

The 17-year-old driver was given a summons going through a stop sign, Shimp said.