Collision Causes Car To Fall 12 Feet Into Retention Basin: Police

By Michelle Sahn

Two drivers were injured when their vehicles collided, sending one through bushes, into a sign and over a retaining wall, where it came to rest on its roof in a retention basin, 12 feet below, police said.

According to a news release from Capt. James Ryan:

Just after 6:30 p.m. Monday, Florencia Nievas, 21, of Rahway was driving a silver Toyota Corolla north on Route 535, while Paras Dalal, 47, of East Windsor was driving a Lexus RX4 in the opposite direction.

As Nievas turned left onto Route 32 west, her Toyota collided with the right side of the Lexus.

His car veered to the right, hit a curb, went through bushes, and hit the Courtyard Marriot sign. Then it went over a retaining wall and dropped 12 feet into a retention basin, where it landed on its roof.

A bystander, who had been in the parking lot, helped Dalal get out of his vehicle before police arrived.

He was taken to Princeton University Hospital by the Monroe First Aid Squad.

Nieves was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital by Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad.

Both suffered non-life threatening injuries.

The road was partially blocked for about an hour as a crew from Georges Towing used a lift to pull the car out of the hotel parking lot culvert.

The crash is under investigation by the South Brunswick Police Department Traffic Safety Bureau.