Man charged after driving car onto tracks

OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A Tinton Falls man is facing drunken-driving charges after he drove his car off an embankment and onto a passenger rail line last week.

On Jan. 1 at approximately 12:59 a.m., policewere called to a section of rail line located between Roosevelt and Norwood avenues in reference to a car crash, according to police reports. Officers arrived on the scene and found a vehicle on the northbound side of the railroad tracks.

According to reports, the driver of the vehicle, later identified as Michael Poushkin, 22, of Tinton Falls, and a passenger, had gotten out of the car prior to the officers arriving at the scene and were found to be uninjured.

Further investigation revealed that Poushkin drove his car west on Jerome Avenue to a dead end. He then continued along a dirt driveway at the end of Jerome Avenue, veered into a wooded area, drove down an embankment and came to rest on the railroad tracks, according to reports.

Poushkin was subsequently placed under arrest and charged with driving while intoxicated. He was transported to the Ocean Township Police Department for further processing.

NJ Transit had to delay trains in the area for approximately 30 minutes while the vehicle was removed from the tracks.