Two Hurt as Vehicle Ends Up on Roof in Woods

A Trenton man and his passenger were injured when the sport utility vehicle in which they were traveling veered off the roadway and came to rest on its roof in the woods Sunday afternoon (Dec. 18), according to Lawrence Township police spokesman Lt. Charles Edgar.

Edgar said Gary Gentry, 60, of Spring Street in Trenton, was driving the GMC Envoy north on Brunswick Pike (Route 1) when he heard emergency sirens approaching from behind shortly before 3:30 p.m.

Gentry told police he pulled to the right to get out of the way, but in doing so he lost control of his vehicle, Edgar said. He said the vehicle flipped and ended up in the woods adjacent to the Sleep-E-Hollow motel, just north of the intersection with Bakers Basin Road.

The sirens were from the police cars of , Edgar said. The responding police officers did not witness the accident, but a passerby called 911 to report it, he said.      

Volunteer firefighters from Lawrenceville Fire Co. helped emergency medical personnel carry Gentry – who had been secured to a backboard as a precaution – out of the woods and up the embankment to the road where an ambulance was waiting.

Both Gentry and his 25-year-old passenger were transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton to be treated for their injuries, Edgar said, noting that the injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.