Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that Hunter Dyer, 26, of Little Egg Harbor has been charged with two counts of assault by auto as a result of a crash involving three vehicles on Route 72 and East Bay Avenue in Stafford Township on July 25.

According to the scene investigating unit, Dyer was driving eastbound on Route 72 at an extremely high rate of speed in a 2012 Hyundai when he hit a 2015 Lexus and then struck a 1999 Lincoln; both the Lexus and the Lincoln were traveling westbound on Route 72.