Serious Motor Vehicle Collision Inc. #2021-171 In West Windsor

Press release from the West Windsor Police Department:

January 3, 2021

WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT
20 Municipal Drive P.O. Box 38
West Windsor, New Jersey 08550

Robert Garofalo Ph(D)c Chief of Police

Records Fax (609) 799-6338 * Fax (609) 897-9010
Fax (609) 799-6515 * Dispatch Fax (609) 799-3516

PRESS INFORMATION

INCIDENT: 2021-171 Serious Motor Vehicle Crash

DATE/TIME OCCURRED: 1/3/2021 at 3:54 am

LOCATION OCCURRED: Clarksville Road approx. 8/10 of a mile North of Quakerbridge Road (at former BASF property near the pigpens)

VICTIM: Driver #1-- 48 year old
Resident of Ewing, NJ

**Identity withheld at this time**

OTHERS INVOLVED: 1) Det. Sgt. Lai #470
2) Traffic Sgt. Bal #467
3) Sgt. Brodowski #479
4) Ptl. C. Van Ness #86
5) Traffic Officer Brown #89
6) Ptl. Abade #94
7) K9 Officer Zicha #96
8) Traffic Officer McQuade #97
9) K9 Officer Pollini #99
10) Ptl. LaForge #104
11) Ptl. Crawford #108
12) WW Division of Fire & Emergency Services
13) West Windsor Volunteer Fire Company
14) Princeton Jct. Volunteer Fire Company
15) Fire Police
16) Capital Health Services MICU

INVESTIGATING OFFICER: Traffic Officer LaRocca #85

DETAILS: On Sunday January 3, 2021 at 3:54 am Patrol Units and the WW Division of Fire & Emergency Services (WWDFES) were detailed Clarksville Road at the former BASF Property (near the pig pens) to a Serious Motor Vehicle Collision involving one (1) car that had overturned.

Driver #1 was found to be entrapped and unconscious upon Patrol Units' arrival. The PJVFC worked to extricate Driver #1 from his 2009 Honda Accord which was at its final rest on its passennger's side. After being extracted from the Honda with serious injuries, WWDFES transported Driver #1 to Capital Health Regional Medical Center-Fuld.

The initial investigation by the WWPD Traffic Unit & Detective Bureau revealed the following; Vehicle #1 had been traveling Northbound on Clarksville Road and was approximately 8/10 of a mile North of Quakerbridge Road (near the pig pens at the former BASF property). Vehicle #1 left the roadway to the right, drove into a drainage ditch, and struck a concrete hood & (2) drain pipes. Vehicle #1 came to its final resting place on its passenger's side. There were no other occupants in Vehicle #1.

Driver #1 was listed in Critical Condition with Non-Life Threatening injuries. WWPD Traffic Unit & Detective Bureau are continuing the investigation. If you have any pertinent information, please contact Traffic Officer LaRocca at LaRocca@westwindsorpolice.com or Traffic Sgt. Bal at Bal@westwindsorpolice.com or at (609) 799-1222 or on our Confidential Tip Line at (609) 799-0452.

OFFICER PREPARING RELEASE: Det. Lt. Lee #359

DATE OF RELEASE: 1/3/2021

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