Vehicle Flips After Hitting Tree on Quakerbridge Road

A Mississippi man suffered only minor injuries when the vehicle he was driving left the roadway, struck a tree and flipped onto its roof in Lawrence Township Friday afternoon, Jan. 6.

The crash occurred about 4:15 p.m. in the 4000 block of Quakerbridge Road, between Lawrence Square Boulevard North and Lawrence Square Boulevard South, near Lawrence Township’s border with West Windsor Township.

Anthony Sloan, 31, of Biloxi, Miss., was attempting to change lanes when the Chevrolet Trail Blazer he was driving came in contact with another auto and he lost control, according to Lawrence Township Police Sgt. Gary Schenck.  

Lawrence Township police officers, a township ambulance crew and volunteer firefighters from Lawrenceville, Slackwood and Lawrence Road fire companies responded.

Emergency personnel arrived to find that Sloan had already crawled out of the overturned vehicle, which had come to rest in the middle of the two northbound lanes.

Sloan’s injuries were minor in nature and included a laceration to his head, officials at the scene said. He was treated by the ambulance crew at the scene, and he declined transport to the hospital, Schenck said.

He said Officer Marc Poveromo investigated the accident and issued Sloan a ticket for careless driving.

The other vehicle that was hit by Sloan’s Chevrolet sustained minimal damage and its driver was not hurt, according to Schenck.

Southbound traffic was detoured off Quakerbridge Road onto Lawrence Square Boulevard and Quakerbridge Road’s northbound traffic was rerouted into the southbound lanes to bypass the accident scene for about 45 minutes while police investigated the crash and a tow truck operator removed the wreckage.

(This story was updated at 11 p.m., Jan. 6)