Crime & Safety
Drunk Bergen Woman Caught Driving On GWB: Police
Nicole A. Suero-Vinicio, 28, was charged with DWI and careless driving after a crash on the bridge's upper level Saturday morning.
FORT LEE, NJ — A Bergen County woman was charged with driving while intoxicated after a car crash on the George Washington Bridge early Saturday morning, police said.
Nicole A. Suero-Vinicio, 28, of Garfield, was charged with driving while intoxicated and careless driving, said Joe Pentangelo, a Port Authority Police Department spokesman.
Officer Ed Berdecia responded to the bridge's upper level on a report of a motor vehicle crash on the New York-bound sided at about 1 a.m. Saturday, Pentangelo said.
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Suero-Vinico was driving a 2012 blue Honda seda and had bloodshot and watery eyes, Pentangelo said. Berdecia administered a field sobriety test, which she failed and had a blood alcohol content of 0.16, twice the legal limit, he said.
Police impounded the Honda and Suero-Vinico was arrested, Pentangelo said.
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