Crime & Safety
Woman Impaired By Drugs, Alcohol During Serious Crash: SCPD
The driver's sister, who was a passenger in the car, was seriously injured after the 24-year-old crashed into a pole, police say.
BABYLON, NY - A Lindenhurst woman was impaired by drugs and alcohol during a crash that seriously injured her sister in Babylon early Monday, according to Suffolk Police.
Gina Waterbury, 24, was driving a 2005 Nissan Maxima westbound on Trolley Line Road when the vehicle left the roadway at the intersection of Little East Neck Road and struck two utility poles at 12:40 a.m., police said.
Alyssa Waterbury, 26, also of Lindenhurst, a passenger in the Nissan and the driver’s sister, was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip with serious injuries, police said.
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Robert Murphy, 24, of Miami Shores, Florida, was transported to the same hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Gina was transported to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The Nissan was impounded for a safety check.
Gina was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs and alcohol.
She will be arraigned at a later date.
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