A man was charged this week for driving his motorcycle while intoxicated the morning he was involved in a wreck that left his passenger with life-threatening injuries.
John Lewis Adams, 24, of Bensalem, is accused of having a blood alcohol level of .20 – the state legal limit is .08 – when he drove his 1993 Yamaha Virago through a red signal at the intersection of Veterans Highway and Western Avenue in Bristol Township around 3:10 a.m. in late June. The motorcycle ended up hitting a Volkswagen Jetta as it waited to turn, police said.
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The 25-year-old motorcycle passenger, a Pennington, N.J. woman, was thrown from the back of the bike and landed on the roadway, police said.
According to court papers, the woman received numerous life-threatening injuries in the wreck. At the time of the crash, LevittownNow.com reported the woman was unconscious when police showed up at the scene.
Police said Adams admitted to drinking before the crash. They also noted there were no signs the motorcycle attempted to stop in the moments leading up to the crash.
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Adams is charged several traffic and DUI related charges including aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI and aggravated assault by vehicle. He released on his own recognizance earlier this week.
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