A Bensalem man who was intoxicated when he crashed the motorcycle he was driving pleaded guilty in the case.
John Lewis Adams, 24, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault by vehicle before Common Pleas Judge Wallace Bateman on Wednesday in Doylestown, according to the Doylestown Intelligencer. The newspaper’s article says Adams will be sentenced in the next 60 days.
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Authorities say Adams drove his 1993 Yamaha Virago through a red signal at the intersection of Veterans Highway and Western Avenue in Bristol Township early one morning last June. The motorcycle violently struck a Volkswagen Jetta as it waited to turn.
According to an affidavit of probable cause, the 25-year-old motorcycle passenger, a Pennington, N.J. woman, was thrown from the back of the bike and landed on the roadway.
Adams is accused of having a blood alcohol level of .20 – the state legal limit is .08, court papers say.
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The woman received numerous life-threatening injuries in the wreck, police said. At the time of the crash, LevittownNow.com reported the woman was unconscious when police showed up at the scene.
Adams reportedly admitted to consuming alcohol before the crash. Police 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 currently free on his own recognizance.
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