Crime & Safety
Man Charged With Driving Drunk After Head-On Crash: Police
Both drivers and a 12-year-old passenger were hospitalized after the crash on Sunday.
NESCONSET, NY - A Lake Grove man was arrested for driving drunk after a head-on crash in Nesconset on Sunday evening, according to Suffolk Police.
Danny Banegas, 37, was driving a 2000 Acura eastbound on Middle Country Road, near Hillcrest Drive, when his car crossed into the westbound lane and struck a 2014 Nissan Rogue at 5:30 p.m., police said.
The driver of the Rogue, a 54-year-old Ronkonkoma woman, and her 12-year-old daughter were transported to Stony Brook University Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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Banegas was also admitted to Stony Brook for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
He was charged with DWI and will be arraigned at at a later date, police said.
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