OVERTURNED VEHICLE

Date & Time: Thursday, September 20, 2007 – 11:18 p.m.

Location: Darrah Lane near Millbrook Lane, Lawrence Township, N.J.

Details: Lawrence Road volunteers, dispatched for an overturned vehicle with no entrapment, arrived to find a 2003 BMW 318i resting on its roof in the middle of the road. According to police, the car’s female driver looked away from the road for a moment and hit a parked pickup truck. That impact caused her car to overturn and land on its roof. The woman suffered minor injuries and was transported by ambulance to a hospital in Trenton. Rescue 22’s light tower was used to illuminate the scene for police and for the tow truck operator. Air bags from Rescue 22 were also used to help flip the car back onto its wheels so it could be towed away. Speedie dry was used to absorb oil and other fluids that spilled onto the roadway from the vehicle when it flipped. Rescue 22 was back in quarters by 12:10 a.m.

Responding LRFC Personnel

Rescue 22

Officer: Deputy Chief John Fleming	Driver: Ff. Shaun Dlabik
Crew: Capt. Michael Byrd	Crew: Ff. Michael Guala
Crew: Ff. Keith Kent

Car 22

Chief Richard Farletta

All photos copyright (c) 2007 by Michael Ratcliffe