Lea Kahn, Staff Writer
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer, A Lawrenceville man was charged with driving while intoxicated after his car struck another vehicle on County Route 601 (The Great Road), injuring both drivers and shutting down the roadway for about 90 minutes April 8, according to the Montgomery Township Police Department., The accident occurred around 2:30 p.m. when a northbound 2007 Scion, driven by Ernesto Layton, 42, of Lawrenceville, crossed into the southbound lane and struck a 2010 Jeep driven by George Schofield Jr., 85, of Martinsville., Layton was trying to turn in to a driveway off Route 601 when his car entered the southbound lane and struck the Jeep, which was traveling south, police said. The impact caused the Jeep to overturn and land on its side, while the Scion landed against the iron fence that surrounds the Blawenburg cemetery., Schofield was helped out of his overturned Jeep by witnesses. He suffered a cut to his head, and was taken to the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro for treatment., Layton, however, could not be found. Witnesses told police that they saw him leave the scene of the accident. Police located him a short time later and took him back to the accident scene. He was also taken to the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro after he complained of pain., During the investigation, police determined that Layton had been drinking. He was charged with driving while intoxicated, driving while his license was suspended, being an unlicensed driver, failure to maintain lane, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to report an accident and having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle, police said.
