Man High on Drugs Crashes Car With 5-Year-Old Boy Inside: Police

HUNTINGTON STATION, NY – A Staten Island man was high on drugs with a 5-year-old boy in his car when he was involved in a two-vehicle crash in Huntington Station Saturday afternoon, Suffolk Police said.

Suffolk County Police Patrol units responded to 911 calls of a person driving a white Honda erratically in the Huntington Station area, police said. A short time later, police arrived at a crash between the Honda and a 1999 Dodge pick-up truck at the intersection of Jericho Turnpike and Longfellow Road at about 2:50 p.m.

After an investigation, police determined the driver of a 2015 Honda Accord, 33-year-old Mathew Moscowitch, was operating the vehicle while his ability was impaired by drugs. There was a 5-year-old boy in the backseat at the time of the crash.

Victoria Nathan, 49, of Kings Park, a passenger in the pickup truck, and the boy were transported to Huntington Hospital via Huntington Community First Aid Squad with non-life threatening injuries.

Moscowitch is charged with aggravated DWI with a child passenger 15 years old or younger–a felony under Leandra's Law, felony aggravated unlicensed operation, endangering the welfare of a child and possession of a hypodermic needle. He will be held overnight at the Second Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Sunday.

The investigation is continuing.