WEST BABYLON, NY — A 20-year-old man was arrested on a drunken driving charge after a single-vehicle crash seriously injured an 18-year-old woman in West Babylon early Saturday morning, Suffolk County police said.
Jairon Velasquez, of Levittown, was driving a 2021 Mercedes-Benz at a high rate of speed eastbound from 17th Street across Straight Path when the vehicle struck a curb and crashed into a utility pole around 3:49 a.m., police said.
His passenger, Diana Romero, 18, of Deer Park, was taken to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Velasquez was charged with driving while intoxicated and was scheduled to be arraigned Saturday at First District Court in Central Islip, police said.
The vehicle was impounded for a safety check.
Detectives are asking anyone with information about the crash to contact the First Squad at 631-854-8152.
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