A 41-year-old Trenton man was seriously injured during a morning crash after the truck he was driving left Montgomery Road in Hillsborough Township and slammed into a tree, leaving him trapped inside the cab as rescue crews responded. Zavier Carlos Sanchez suffered serious upper-body injuries in the crash, which was reported at 7:53 a.m. near the Sourland Mountain area of the township.
The vehicle involved was a truck that left Montgomery Road and struck a tree. As reported by mycentraljersey.com, officers arriving at the scene found Sanchez trapped inside the truck's cab after it left the roadway.
The response included Hillsborough fire stations 36, 37, and 38. The outlet's report notes that those agencies responded to the crash.
Extrication and Airlift to New Brunswick
Paramedics responded to the crash, according to the same account. Sanchez was airlifted to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick for treatment.
That hospital operates one of New Jersey's three state-designated Level I Trauma Centers for adults, treating roughly 2,500 trauma patients a year and running an emergency department that logs more than 90,000 visits annually, according to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. The air ambulance that carried Sanchez operates under JEMSTAR, a joint program of the New Jersey Department of Health and the New Jersey State Police, with the NorthSTAR unit based at Somerset Airport in Bedminster, per JEMSTAR.
A Rural Road With Little Room for Error
Montgomery Road is described by the New Jersey Trails Association as being in Montgomery Township, between Route 206 and Rocky Hill. The crash occurred after the truck left the roadway.
The Hillsborough Township Police Department Traffic Safety Bureau is investigating the crash, mycentraljersey.com reports. The exact cause of the crash has not been released.
A Volunteer Force Stretched Across the Township
The response included firefighters from Hillsborough stations 36, 37, and 38. The response also illustrates how emergency crews are called into service across the county's mix of suburban corridors and winding rural roads.
Sanchez's condition following the airlift has not been publicly updated, and no citations or findings from the ongoing Traffic Safety Bureau investigation have been released. The crash underscores the role of emergency crews in the region.
