Crime & Safety
Woman Charged With DWI After Wrong-Way Crash On LIE: Police
The 27-year-old and four other people were hospitalized after the crash on Sunday morning, police say.
COMMACK, NY - A Connecticut woman was arrested for driving drunk after a wrong-way crash on the Long Island Expressway on Sunday morning, according to Suffolk Police.
Michelle Kennedy, 27, was driving a 2009 Honda westbound on the eastbound LIE when she crashed her vehicle into a 2007 Honda CRV near exit 51 in Commack at 5:05 a.m., police said.
Kennedy was transported to St. Catherine of Sienna Medical Center in Smithtown for treatment of minor injuries, police said.
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In addition, the driver of the CRV and three passengers were transported to Huntington Hospital for treatment of minor injuries, police said.
Kennedy was arrested and charged with DWI.
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Commack, NY- 2 hurt when wrong way DWI driver causes head on crash heading west in the eastbound lanes near Commack Rd. at 5AM this morning. pic.twitter.com/qj694zpGDN
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