MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT

Date & Time: Sunday, September 2, 2007 – 12:47 p.m.

Location: Lawrence Road (Route 206), south of Fairfield Avenue, Lawrence Township, N.J.

Details: Lawrence Road Fire Co., Rescue 21 from Slackwood Fire Co., and Rescue 23 from Lawrenceville Fire Co. were all dispatched, along with emergency medical crews, for a motor vehicle accident with possible entrapment. Rescue 22 responded at 12:49 p.m. and arrived one minute later to find that a car had slammed into a utility pole, tearing the pole completely off its base, in the 600 block of Lawrence Road. The car’s 44-year-old driver was injured but not trapped and was already being evaluated by ambulance personnel. As there was no entrapment, all fire department units were recalled with the exception of Rescue 22. The driver, whose injuries were described as minor, was transported by EMS to a hospital in Trenton. Rescue 22’s crew stretched a 1.75-inch hoseline as a precaution and stood by until the damaged vehicle was towed away. During this time, northbound traffic on Lawrence Road was detoured. After the vehicle was removed, Rescue 22 cleared the scene and was back in quarters by 2 p.m. The destroyed pole supported telephone wires and work crews from Verizon spent several hours on scene erecting a new pole and attaching the wires to it.

Responding LRFC Personnel

Rescue 22

Officer: Capt. Michael Byrd	Driver: Ff. Joseph Dlabik Sr.
Crew: Lt. Joseph Dlabik Jr.	Crew: Ff. Steven Hodgdon
Crew: Ryan Dlabik	Crew: Ff. Brian Laue

Car 22

Chief Richard Farletta

Personal Vehicle

Fire Police Capt. Robert Hazen

All photos copyright (c) 2007 by Michael Ratcliffe