Crime & Safety
Man Charged With DWI After Crashing Car During Storm: PD
The man crashed his car on the median on Sunrise Highway while driving drunk Thursday morning, injuring a passenger, police said.
SAYVILLE, NY — A man was charged with a DWI after crashing into the center median on Sunrise Highway during the winter storm Thursday morning, Suffolk police said.
The man was driving a Ford Explorer on the westbound side of the highway near exit 50 when he lost control of the car and the Ford struck the center median and overturned at 8:10 a.m., police said.
A female passenger was transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
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The driver and a male passenger were not injured.
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