Crime & Safety

Teen Seriously Hurt After Mercedes Crashes Into Pole In West Babylon: Police

A 20-year-old man was charged with DWI after his Mercedes-Benz crashed into a utility pole early Saturday morning, police said.

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.

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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.

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Detectives are asking anyone with information about the crash to contact the First Squad at 631-854-8152.

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