Police say a woman has been arrested for DWI after she drove
her vehicle into oncoming traffic in Commack.
Police responded to a 911 report of a Ford Expedition being
driven eastbound in the westbound lanes of Jericho Turnpike at 12:50 a.m.
An officer in a marked police car located the Ford and drove
up behind it with lights and siren activated, but the driver did not stop the
vehicle.
The officer then passed the Ford and positioned his vehicle
in front of it. The officer gradually slowed down his vehicle until it came to
a stop with the Ford stopping behind it. The officer observed that the driver
of the Ford, Susan Charan, was intoxicated.
Charan, 51, Hicksville, was charged with DWI. She was also
issued multiple summonses for traffic violations. The Ford was impounded.