OVERTURNED VEHICLE

Date & Time: Saturday, June 16, 2007 – 11:36 p.m.

Location: Area of 151 Eggerts Crossing Road, Lawrence Township, N.J.

Details: Lawrence Road Fire Co. firefighters were dispatched for an overturned vehicle with no entrapment. Rescue 22 and Chief Richard Farletta arrived to find a Nissan Altama sitting on its roof in the middle of the road in front of the National Guard Armory. The car, which had been occupied by a 53-year-old woman and her 15-year-old son, had drifted off the road and overturned after striking a fire hydrant. The hydrant was torn from the ground when it was hit by the car, causing water to gush out onto the road. Police said the crash occurred after the woman apparently fell asleep while driving. She and her son suffered only minor injuries and were transported by ambulance to Capital Health System at Fuld hospital in Trenton. Rescue 22’s crew applied speedie-dry to the roadway to soak up spilled fluids, then stood by with a charged 1.75-inch hoseline until the wreckage was removed by a tow truck. Firefighters then helped a Trenton Water Works employee turn a valve in the street to shut off the water flow. The valve proved difficult to turn and the water flow was not stopped until 12:45 a.m. Rescue 22 was back in quarters by 12:50 a.m.

Responding LRFC Personnel

Rescue 22

Officer: Capt. Michael Byrd	Driver: Ff. Joseph Dlabik Sr.
Crew: Ff. Charles Commini Sr.	Crew: Ff. Richard Laird III
Crew: Ff. Adam Rivera	Crew: Ff. Michael Ratcliffe

Car 22

Chief Richard Farletta

All photos copyright (c) 2007 by Michael Ratcliffe