BRIDGETON — A Millville man was arrested Monday night for allegedly driving while intoxicated and striking a man on a motorized scooter, police said.

Emanuel Perez-Garcia, 32, was sent to the Cumberland County jail on unrelated warrants.

A 57-year-old Salem man was riding the scooter near Route 49 and South East Avenue when a vehicle driven by Perez-Garcia hit him at 8:39 p.m., police said Tuesday in a news release.

The man was thrown from the scooter and knocked unconscious. He was transported to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, where he was listed in critical condition with head injuries, police said.

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