Woman Drove Drunk, Hit Car With Son As Passenger: Suffolk Police

EAST NORTHPORT, NY — A woman was arrested after she drove drunk with her 11-year-old son in the car and fled the scene of a car crash in East Northport on Monday, Suffolk police said.

Susan Striplin, 43, of Medford, was driving a 2007 GMC Yukon SUV southbound on Daly Road when she sideswiped a 2013 Mercedes Benz Sprinter van at 12:45 p.m. at the intersection of Phyllis Drive in East Northport, police said.

She then fled the scene in her car and was stopped at 1:20 p.m. on Daly Road, near Jericho Turnpike, and placed under arrest at 1:53 p.m., police said. Striplin’s son was a passenger in the car at the time of the crash and subsequent arrest, police said. No one was injured in the crash.

Striplin was arrested and charged with DWI, aggravated DWI with a child passenger 15 years or younger (Leandra's Law), endangering the welfare of a child and leaving the scene of an accident.

She is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on July 16.