Full Notification

WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT

20 Municipal Drive * P.O. Box 38

West Windsor, New Jersey 08550

ROBERT GAROFALO PhD(c), Chief of Police

(609) 799-1222

Records Fax (609) 799-6338 * Fax (609) 897-9010

DB Fax (609) 799-6515 * Dispatch Fax (609) 799-3516

PRESS INFORMATION

INCIDENT: 2022-31914 Serious Motor Vehicle Crash

DATE & TIME OCCURRED:   October 24, 2022 at 4:40 pm

LOCATION OCCURRED:  Quakerbridge Road Overpass at US Route 1 North

OFFICER:  Traffic Officer K.. Brown #89--Lead Investigator

WHO:  Driver #1:    Resident of Trenton, NJ

            Driver #2:    Resident of Princeton, NJ 
      
OTHERS INVOLVED:  1)  WWPD Communications Center,
                                           Patrol Units, Detective Bureau,
                                           Administration, and Traffic Unit
                                     2)  WW Div.of Fire & Emergency Services
                                     3)  MICU
                                     4)  Mercer County Prosecutor's Office
                                          Serious Collision Response Team
                                     
                                     
DETAILS:  On the above date and time a Motor Vehicle Crash was reported to the Communications Center.  The Communications Center dispatched patrol and traffic units to the Quakerbridge Road Overpass at US Route 1. Upon arrival Traffic Officer Brown determined that Dr1 had sustained a severe head injury requring the response of Medics and WW Division of Fire & Emergency Services.  D2 sustained minor injuries.    
                  The initial investigation revealed the following; V1 lost control exiting off the ramp from US Route 1 North to Quakerbridge Road  westbound.  V1 traveled over curbed median and struck V2 which was traveling eastbound on Quakerbridge Road on the Quakerbridge Road Overpass for US Route 1.  MICU and WW Division of Fire & Emergency Services attended to D1.  Subsequently, D1 was transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center where they were listed in Critical Condition with serious life threatening injuries.  D2 declined to be transported to a hospital from the crash scene.   

                   The crash is still under investigation, any information please contact the West Windsor Police Department's Traffic Officer K. Brown at (609) 799-1222 or email at [email protected].  Patrol Units were able to keep vehicular traffic mobile during the time of the investigation.  Therefore, no roadways necessitated closure.      
                      

OFFICER PREPARING RELEASE: Det. Lt. Lee #59

DATE OF RELEASE: 10/25/2022