🚨A driver is charged after a speeding SUV struck a mother and two children

🚨Video shows the SUV jumping a curb and stairs in front of a childcare center

🚨The driver faces DWI, assault by auto and child endangerment charges


FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A woman was charged with driving while intoxicated after hitting two children and a woman outside an early childhood center.

The crash was caught on jaw-dropping video. See below

Bloom Academy in Freehold Township Fri., Feb. 20, 2026
Bloom Academy in Freehold Township Fri., Feb. 20, 2026 (Joseph Hewes)
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Angela Arrigo, 68, of Manalapan, arrived at Bloom Academy on Pond Road around 3 p.m., Freehold Township police said. Surveillance video shows her fast-moving silver SUV quickly approaching after a woman and two children exit the building.

The mother tries to get her two children out of the way as the SUV mounts the sidewalk and stairs, bouncing off a pillar. The car knock one of the boys to the ground and clips the other two people.

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DWI, assault by auto and child endangerment charges filed

News 12 reported that the woman and children were released from a hospital, where the youngest boy was treated after getting burned by the the undercarriage of the SUV.

Arrigo was charged with DWI, assault by auto and endangering the welfare of a child.

Bloom Academy said it was "deeply saddened by this incident" and is grateful the child's injury was not more severe.

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