Cops: Man Drove High, Crashed into 5 Cars in Seaford

A Seaford man was high at the wheel when he slammed into several cars and injured two people Monday evening, according to Nassau County Police.

Sean McKenna, 51, was driving east on Jerusalem Avenue at 5:49 p.m. when he collided with five cars between Allen Drive and Mell Gate, police said.

McKenna then drove off the road and struck a mailbox, took out 100 feet of wooden fencing, and slammed into a wooden electric pole, cops said. His car came to rest a short distance later, police said.

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Emergency responders concluded that McKenna was high at the wheel and placed him under arrest, cops said. Two bags of a substance believed to be heroin were found in his car at the time, police said.

Two people were hospitalized as a result of the collisions, cops said. A 28-year-old man suffered a collapsed lung, lacerated spleen, and a fractured pelvis, police said. He was admitted to the surgical intensive care unit at a nearby hospital, officials said. His passenger, a 24-year-old woman, was treated and released from the same hospital for a contusion to the forehead, cops said.

The crash prompted a partial closure of Jerusalem Avenue as crews secured the scene.

McKenna was charged with second-degree reckless endangerment, driving while ability impaired by drugs, second-degree vehicular assault, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, leaving the scene of an incident with serious injury, and four counts of leaving the scene of an incident. He was hospitalized after the incident and will be arraigned as soon as is practical, officials said.

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