Crime & Safety
Teen Drove Drunk During Head-On Crash With Serious Injuries: PD
The 18-year-old was allegedly driving drunk when he drove the wrong way and hit a car head-on, seriously injuring the driver, police say.
HAUPPAUGE, NY - A Bay Shore teen was arrested for driving drunk after a head-on crash that seriously injured a man in Hauppauge on Tuesday night, according to Suffolk Police.
Johnny Mendez, 18, was driving a 2008 Subaru Impreza northbound on Lincoln Boulevard, just north of Route 454, when the car veered into the southbound lane and struck a 2001 Jeep Cherokee driven by 61-year-old Francis Squillace at 10:15 p.m, police said.
Squillace, of Hicksville, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious injuries.
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Mendez and a 17-year-old male passenger in the Impreza were transported to Stony Brook University Hospital with minor injuries.
Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks.
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Mendez was charged with DWI.
He is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip today.
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