Driving instructor accused of causing DWI crash during lesson appears in court
By: News 12 Staff Dec 7, 2018, 5:06pm Updated on: Dec 7, 2018
The Ridge driving instructor accused of driving drunk and crashing with students in the car appeared in court Friday.
Russell Cohen was an instructor with the Suffolk Auto Driving School.
The students convinced him they were hungry, so he stopped at a McDonald's in Centereach where they called 911.
That's when Cohen drove off and eventually rear-ended another car in Ridge.