Drunken Woman Crashed Through Home With 3 Kids In Car: Police

BRENTWOOD, NY — A Bay Shore woman was drunk with her three children in her car when she crashed through a Brentwood home Sunday night, Suffolk police said.

Ashley Thomas-Smith, 34, was driving a 2004 Lincoln Navigator west on Blue Jay Drive when she lost control of the car at 6:40 p.m. and crashed through a home, police said. The Lincoln came to a stop on the lawn of the house next door.

Responding officers determined Thomas-Smith was intoxicated, police said.

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Thomas-Smith and her daughters, ages 4, 5 and 8, were taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore. Thomas-Smith was being treated for injuries that were not considered life-threatening. The three girls were not injured and released to the custody of their father. The Lincoln was impounded.

Thomas-Smith was charged with driving while intoxicated, aggravated DWI with a child passenger under 15 and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. She was scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Monday.

The Islip building inspector was requested to assess structural damage to the house.

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ABC reporter Kristin Thorne shared a home surveillance video on her social media from the crash. According to her post, nobody was home at the time of the crash.

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