By Audrey Levine Staff Writer
HILLSBOROUGH — A Hillsborough man died from injuries he sustained when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a guardrail on Sunnymead Road at 3:25 a.m. Sunday, police said.
Douglas Pienta, 21, was pronounced dead at 5:34 a.m. at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, after being flown there by medevac helicopter following the accident, police said.
According to police, Mr. Pienta was trapped in the vehicle, which sustained significant damage in the crash. Lt. Bill Geary said the damage to the vehicle prevented the doors from being opened.
As soon as rescue workers were able to extricate Mr. Pienta from the car, he was taken to the hospital, where he succumbed to injuries to his head and chest a few hours later, police said.
Lt. Geary said the accident is still under investigation.
Mr. Pienta was a lifelong resident of Hillsborough, and currently a student at the Somerset County Institute of Technology while holding jobs at JL Molding and the Royce Brook Country Club. He was a 2006 graduate of Hillsborough High School.
Mr. Pienta is survived by his parents, Gerard and Linda Pienta; his brother, Michael; his aunts and uncles, Gerri Pienta, of Clinton, Joanne and Al Ludwig, of New York, and Johnny and Cathy Magulak, of Hillsborough; his grandparents, John Magulak, of Manville, and Eleanor Pienta, of Manville; and several cousins.
The viewing is today (Thursday) from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Ketusky Funeral Home in Manville. The funeral will be Friday at 8:15 a.m. at the Ketusky Funeral Home, followed by a 9 a.m. Mass at Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Manville.

