Driver Avoids a Rabbit but Strikes a Utility Pole
Washington Township (Mercer County)- A
single car accident occurred on West Manor Way near Applegate Drive shortly
after 12:36 p.m. on Monday July 9, 2007. A woman driving north bound on West
Manor way veered off the roadway to avoid hitting a rabbit and hit a utility
pole instead cutting it in half. Firefighters from the Washington Township Fire
Department responded to the scene and removed the woman from the car under
dangling live electrical lines. The woman was transported by the fire department
to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. Washington Township
Police Department also responded and provided aid at the scene. The Police
Department is investigating the crash.
