June 10, 2024
TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Trenton Police say that on Saturday, June 1, 2024 at approximately 4:30 a.m. Trenton Emergency Medical Services (TEMS) were dispatched to a person down on the street in the 800 block of S. Clinton Ave. It was believed at the time that the person suffered a cardiac arrest. TEMS arrived, found an unresponsive unidentified female in the street, and transported her to Capital Health Regional Medical Center.
At approximately 8:12 a.m., Trenton Communications received a call from a nurse at Capital Health Regional Medical Center. The nurse requested an officer respond to the hospital for a patient who arrived in the early morning with traumatic injuries which appeared consistent with being struck by a vehicle. The victim sustained multiple fractures and other serious injuries.
Detective Vincent Gribbin, from the Trenton Police Department Fatal Crash Unit, was contacted to begin an investigation. Trenton police officers, learning the victim was brought in from the 800 block of S. Clinton Ave, responded to the area. The officers located debris that was consisted with a motor vehicle crash. No vehicles in the immediate area had damage consistent with being involved in a hit and run. Detective Gribbin arrived at the hospital only to be informed that the victim had just been pronounced after suffering from a cardiac arrest. The victim was identified as 26-year-old Shydasia Merrick of Trenton.
The Trenton Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating the vehicle that fatally struck a pedestrian. The vehicle has been identified as a 2019 – 2024 Toyota Rav 4, white in color, possibly an XLE or higher trim with a sunroof and color-keyed mirrors. The vehicle should have sustained damage to the driver’s side, including the sideview mirror and headlight assembly.
This investigation is ongoing and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office Serious Collision Response Team is assisting. Anyone with information on this crash is asked to please contact the Trenton Police Department non-emergency line at 609-989-4000 or text our tipline at CRIMES (274637) and enter the word TPDTIPS. Alternatively, tips/information can be emailed to: [email protected] .
