Crime & Safety
Drunk Driver Crashes Car Into Senior Center: Police
The 25-year-old had to be extricated from the car by firefighters following the crash early Tuesday, police say.
MOUNT SINAI, NY - A Pennsylvania man was arrested after crashing his car into a senior center while driving drunk in Mount Sinai early Tuesday, according to Suffolk Police.
Bruce Brant, 25, was driving a 2012 Mazda3 northbound on North Ocean Avenue when he failed to stop at the end of the roadway and crashed into the Rose Caracappa Senior Center on 739 Route 25A at 12:25 a.m., police said.
The car came to a stop inside the building, according to police.
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Mount Sinai Fire Department Heavy Rescue extricated Brant from the Mazda, police said.
He was transported to John T. Mather Hospital in Port Jefferson for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. There were no other injuries.
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Brant was later charged with DWI, police said.
He will be arraigned at a later date.
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