Kevin Pentón

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TOMS RIVER – A woman run over three times by a vehicle and choked by her boyfriend on Sunday is in good condition at an area hospital, authorities said.

The 35-year-old woman — who police are still not identifying publicly — has several lower body injuries, but they are not considered life threatening, community affairs officer Ralph Stocco said.

James Crudup, 44, turned himself into police on Sunday night, several hours after running over his girlfriend three times at a Hess gas station east of the Garden State Parkway, Stocco said.

Witnesses reported seeing the couple argue after they stepped out of Crudup’s sport utility vehicle at the station, shortly after midnight, police said. Before long, he threw her to the ground and choked her, authorities said.

When the woman managed to get away from him and run toward a set of gas pumps, Crudup jumped into his 2000 Dodge Durango and put it in reverse, authorities said.

A gas attendant tried to push the woman out of the way, but she still ended up pinned between a pump and the vehicle’s bumper, police said.

The woman collapsed to the ground after Crudup initially pulled the vehicle away, police said. But he then drove toward the woman again, running over her legs with the vehicle, police said.

Crudup backed away again, then struck the woman a third time with the vehicle, police said.

Crudup then took off west on Route 37, police said.

Emergency personnel took the woman to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune for treatment of her injuries.

Crudup has been charged with attempted murder and numerous motor vehicle violations, according to police. His bail has been set at $500,000, they said.

Kevin Pentón: 732-643-4009; kpenton@app.com