RAHWAY -- Mayor Samson Steinman was not subjected to a drug and alcohol test after he allegedly hit a parked car while driving a city vehicle last month.

The police report for the Aug. 26 crash indicates Steinman was not tested when he struck a Honda Accord near Central Avenue and Pierpont Street around 5:38 a.m.

Rahway Mayor Samson Steinman (file photo)

He faces a charge of driving with an expired license, which carries no minimum penalty and a maximum fine of $500.

Rahway requires city employees to undergo an evaluation "in the case of an accident involving a fatality or the issuance of a citation to a City employee," according to a copy of the city's employee manual obtained by NJ Advance Media.

Rahway business administrator Cherron Rountree said the city did not conduct a test because the mayor was not cited for hitting the parked car.

"This accident did not involve a fatality, nor was a citation issued in connection with the accident, and therefore, no further action was required by the City in accordance with our policy," she said in an email. "The responding officers made a decision at the scene, and we defer to their determination."

She declined to elaborate on the circumstances of the crash to NJ Advance Media, but she told MyCentralJersey.com that Steinman had probably been making rounds in the city.

Steinman was driving a city car, a 2007 Dodge Durango, at the time of the crash, according to the police report. He told an officer he had been driving west on Central Avenue when he swerved to the left to avoid hitting an animal that ran in front of the car.

"He's often out, you know, around investigating things in the city, making sure things are in order in the city," Rountree told MyCentralJersey.com. "He's out all the time, and oftentimes in a city vehicle, just kind of seeing what's going on in the city. ... He didn't know exactly what type of animal it was. It was not a deer, it was a smaller animal than that, but he didn't know what kind it was."

The city's policy also requires employees to be tested for drugs and alcohol within two hours "after an accident occurs during employment hours and which involves damage to City property, where the employee's performance contributed to the accident, and where the use of drugs or alcohol cannot be reasonably discounted as a contributing factor to the accident."

Rountree did not respond to a question about whether Steinman would be required to undergo a test under this portion of the policy.

The Union County Prosecutor's Office is investigating the crash in response to allegations of wrongdoing by a member of the public, city clerk Rayna Harris said in response to an OPRA request from NJ Advance Media.

The city has denied a request for dashcam footage taken by officers who responded to the crash on the grounds that the footage is part of an investigation, but NJ Advance Media has contested their denial, citing recent rulings on the issue.

On Friday, NJ Advance Media also submitted a request to the Union County Prosecutor's Office for the footage and other items related to the incident.

Edward Kologi, a Linden-based lawyer for Steinman, said allegations about the circumstances of the crash are "political" and "absolutely baseless."

"It (the crash) was handled professionally and appropriately by both the police and the mayor," Kologi said. "We're confident that when this inquiry is over, that will be borne out."

Kologi declined to specify the content of the allegations he was referencing.

The man whose car Steinman struck said he wasn't awake when the crash happened and only found out the following morning when he saw the damage. He said the mayor told him that any damage would be paid for.

The man asked not to be mentioned by name, saying he "didn't want to make a big deal" out of the incident.

Steinman previously was the city council's president and became mayor when his predecessor, Rick Proctor, resigned in 2013. He was elected to a full term in November 2014.

From 2003 to 2006, Steinman managed the state Motor Vehicle Commission's Rahway and Springfield branches.

A portion of the police report on Mayor Samson Steinman's crash on Central Avenue in Rahway.

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