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The girlfriend of a man arrested and charged with DUI and related offenses told police he took the wheel of her car and caused her to lose control and crash into a utility pole along New Falls Road early Saturday morning.
Bristol Township, Middletown and state police responded to the area of New Falls Road and Veterans Highway (Route 413) at 12:41 a.m. for reports that a vehicle struck a pole. The caller told police the occupants pushed the car behind a building and were walking away from the scene.
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State police located David Sochalski, 27, of Levittown, nearby in front of the Hidden Reef. Bristol Township officers found the female driver at the 7-Eleven at the corner of New Falls Road and Veterans Highway.
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According to Middletown Township police, the woman told officers she was driving while Sochalski, her boyfriend, grabbed the wheel of her orange Mitsubihsi from the passenger seat and “jerked it out of anger.” The woman said she then lost control and hit a utility pole, police said.
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Sochalsku explained the argument to officers and said his girlfriend struck a pole while she was driving, according to police. Court papers report that an officer asked Sochalski if the accident happened because he grabbed the steering wheel and jerked it. He allegedly responded: “Yeah, I might have done that.”
Police observed that Sochalski appeared to be drunk.
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A state trooper gave the 27-year-old a breathalyser test; he failed. A Middletown officer tried to give him a finger-to-nose test; he failed.
Sochalski was transported to have his blood taken and sent to the crime lab.
The woman received a bruise from her seat belt, according to police.
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Sochalski is charged with recklessly endangering another person, simple assault, several counts of DUI and related offenses. He was released of $25,000 unsecured bail.
