September 20, 2021–Updated September 21, 2021 with additional details.
Updated: All four occupants of the car were Allentown High School Students, two who are on the Allentown High School Soccer Team according to officials.
We ask for prayers and love tonight for the Allentown boys soccer program. #ALLIN
— Allentown High School Boys Soccer (@redbirdsoccer) September 20, 2021
AllentownStrong we wish our Allentown High School Sports Family well and the injured to make quick and full recovery from their injuries. Keep the team and everyone at AHS in your prayers. MidJersey.news photo above is from the Allentown High School Soccer team after their game on Saturday, September 18, 2021. Thank you to the quick response, professionalism and efforts from local police, fire departments and EMS squads listed below and all others, including neighbors and bystanders that helped yesterday morning in that difficult situation.
EAST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–According to East Windsor Police, on Monday, September 20, 2021, at approximately 7:00 a.m., East Windsor Police responded to Windsor-Perrineville Road and Cedarville Road for a report of a head-on motor vehicle collision involving multiple injuries. One of the vehicles was a sedan with four juvenile occupants; the other was a pickup truck with a sole occupant. Upon arrival, East Windsor Police, Robert Wood Johnson EMS, Capital Health Paramedics, East Windsor Rescue Squad # 1, East Windsor Rescue Squad #2, Robbinsville EMS, and Millstone Fire-EMS personnel immediately began administering first aid to several individuals. Millstone Township Fire Department, Hightstown Fire Company and East Windsor Fire Company responded and extricated a passenger from the sedan.
All four individuals in the sedan suffered serious injuries. The driver was transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center by Millstone Township Fire Department EMS. The front passenger and a rear seat passenger were transported to the McKnight Elementary School by Robert Wood Johnson EMS and East Windsor Rescue Squad #1 and then transported by medevac to RWJ New Brunswick by NJ State Police Northstar Medical Helicopter and RWJBarnabas Health Helicopter. A third helicopter from Hackensack Meridian Health was not needed. The other rear seat passenger was transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center by Robbinsville EMS. The driver of the pickup truck suffered minor injuries and was transported to RWJ New Brunswick by East Windsor Rescue Squad #2.
Police say, the preliminary investigation revealed that the sedan was traveling west on Windsor-Perrineville Road and the pickup truck was traveling east on Windsor-Perrineville Road. The vehicles collided, head-on, near the intersection of Cedarville Road. The East Windsor Township Police Department and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office Serious Collision Response Team are actively investigating the crash.
Vehicle Involved:
Driver:
2005 Toyota Tundra
New Jersey Registration: C27EXU
Hector Esteban-Palomo (41 Years of Age) Trenton, NJ
Vehicle Involved:
Driver:
2019 Nissan Sentra
New Jersey Registration: Z64NHX
Driver: Juvenile (17 Years of Age) Front seat passenger: Juvenile (16 Years of Age) East Windsor, NJ
Rear passengers: Juvenile (16 Years of Age) Juvenile (14 Years of Age) Millstone, NJ
Charges: None
Responding Agencies:
East Windsor Township Police Department, Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office Serious Collision Response Team, Capital Health Paramedics, East Windsor Rescue Squad #1, East Windsor Rescue Squad #2, Millstone EMS, Robert Wood Johnson EMS, East Windsor Fire Company 1 & 2, Robbinsville Township Fire Department & EMS, Millstone Township Fire Department, Hightstown Fire Company, NJ State Police Northstar Helicopter, RWJBarnabas Health Helicopter, Hackensack Meridian Health Helicopter.
Firefighters, Police, and EMS personnel work to rescue injured patients at a serious crash on Perrineville Road this morning around 7:00 a.m. Firefighters from Millstone Township Fire Department and Hightstown Fire Company are seen using recue equipment to gain access to the passenger of the car. After the firefighters extricated the patients EMS either flew or transported by ground to the hospital for treatment.
Three helicopters were called to a landing zone at the Ethel McKnight Elementary School on Twin Rivers Drive. Two of the three helicopters were used to transport patients to RWJ University Hospital in New Brunswick.
East Windsor Police closed Perrineville Road for the serious accident investigation.
Clean up of the accident scene on Perrineville Road near Ceaderville Road.