UPDATE: Woman Dies After Drugged Driver Crashes Into Gas Pump: Police

UPDATE 11:50 a.m. Sunday: Koenig was pronounced dead Sunday at Stony Brook University Hospital, police said.

SHIRLEY, NY – A woman was high on drugs when she crashed her car into a gas pump Saturday morning, seriously injuring a woman who had been pumping gas, Suffolk Police said.

According to police, 53-year-old Renee McKinney, of Mastic, was driving a 2002 Nissan Altima north on William Floyd Parkway near Moriches Middle Island Road at about 11:25 a.m. when she attempted to make a right turn into the Mobil gas station, but she missed the turn and struck a gas pump, knocking it over.

Rosalie Koenig, who was pumping gas on the other side of the pump, became wedged between the pump and her vehicle, a 2014 Nissan Frontier, police said.

Koenig, 62, of Mastic, was extricated by Emergency Services Section officers and was taken to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue by Ridge Ambulance Service for treatment of serious injuries. She was later transferred to Stony Brook University Hospital.

McKinney was taken to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center by Ridge Ambulance Service as a precaution. McKinney’s passenger Iesha Lemay, 33, also of Mastic, was uninjured.

McKinney was arrested and charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs and is scheduled to be arraigned in First District Court Sunday.

SCPD photo: Renee McKinney