Serious Motor Vehicle Crash Involving Pedestrian In West Windsor

Press release from the West Windsor Police Department:

November 16, 2020

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: 2020-25921 Serious Motor Vehicle Crash Involving a Pedestrian

DATE/TIME OCCURRED: 11/15/2020 at 5:04 pm

LOCATION OCCURRED: Freedom Village Parking Lot (700 Freedom Boulevard)

WHO: Victim: Resident of West Windsor, NJ 08540
Driver #1: Resident of Trenton, NJ 08618

OTHERS INVOLVED: 1) WWPD Patrol DIvision
2) Traffic Sgt. Bal #467
3) Det. W. Jones #84
4) Traffic Officer McQuade #97
5) WW Div of Fire & Emergency Services
6) Victim's Husband
Resident of West Windsor, NJ 08540

INVESTIGATING OFFICER: Traffic Officer Sabatino #83

DETAILS: At 5:04 pm, Patrol Units, the Traffic Bureau, and WW DIv of Fire & Emergency Services were detailed to the parking lot at 700 Freedom Boulevard (Freedom Village) on a report of a Serious Motor Vehicle Crash Involving a Pedestrian, who was pinned underneath a vehicle. The pedestrian was safely extracted from underneath the 2015 Chevrolet Impala by her husband, Good Samaritans, and Driver #1 prior to First Responders arriving at the scene. The pedestrian was transported to Capital Health Systems at Fuld Trauma where she was listed in Critical but Stable Condition with serious injuries to her torso and upper extremity.

The Initial Investigation under Traffic Sgt. Bal, Traffic Officer McQuade, Investigating Traffic Officer Sabatino, and Det. W. Jones revealed the following; the pedestrian had been prancing in the parking lot of 700 Freedom Boulevard. The victim's husband was standing on the sidewalk capturing video of her festive movements via his cellular device. The victim lied down on her back in the main area of travel for vehicular traffic and continued her dancing/writhing motions. The 2015 Chevy turned into the Freedom Boulevard parking lot. Driver #1's attention was drawn to the victim's husband who began waving directly at Driver #1 from the sidewalk area and distracted him. The Chevy ran over the victim and stopped immediately with the victim pinned underneath.

The Crash is still under investigation. If anyone has pertinent information into this incident please contact Traffic Officer Sabatino at (609) 799-1222 or Sabatino@westwindsorpolice.com.

OFFICER PREPARING RELEASE: Det. Lt. Lee #359

DATE OF RELEASE: 11/16/2020

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