A 40-year-old electric scooter rider was seriously injured after being struck and dragged beneath a pickup truck during a late-night crash in Brick Township last night, authorities said.

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that the collision occurred at approximately 10:15 p.m. near Route 88 and Jack Martin Boulevard. Officers from the Brick Township Police Department responded to a report of a motor vehicle crash involving a pickup truck and an electric scooter. An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit–Vehicular Homicide Squad, in conjunction with Brick Township police, determined that a 1988 Ford pickup truck traveling westbound on Route 88 attempted to make a right-hand turn into a convenience store parking lot and failed to yield to an electric scooter traveling eastbound, resulting in a head-on collision.

As a result of the impact, the scooter’s operator was ejected and dragged beneath the pickup truck for a short distance. The victim was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, where he is listed in serious but stable condition.

As a result of the investigation, Lloyd Ferrara, 30, of Toms River, was charged on January 16, 2026, with operating a motor vehicle with a suspended driver’s license while involved in a motor vehicle crash resulting in serious bodily injury. Investigators further determined that the license plates on the pickup truck were fictitious.

Responding officers also observed that Ferrara appeared to be intoxicated at the scene. He was unable to successfully perform standardized field sobriety tests and was charged with driving under the influence. Ferrara was placed under arrest and transported to Ocean University Medical Center in Brick Township, where a blood draw was obtained pursuant to a court-authorized warrant. The results of the blood draw are pending.

Ferrara was subsequently transported to the Ocean County Jail, where he remains lodged pending a detention hearing.