DWI

A Riverhead man operating a construction crane was charged with DWI and leaving the scene after crashing into several cars on the Long Island Expressway Tuesday night, injuring several people and leading police on a chase from Hauppauge to Medford.

The driver of a Honda was traveling at a high rate of speed on CR 48, hit another car and left the scene, then failed to negotiate a turn onto Main Street in Greenport and struck a tree.

A motorcyclist was arrested on a driving while intoxicated charge after striking a pedestrian in a crosswalk on West Main Street last night, according to Riverhead Town Police.

More than 300 vehicles passed through a Flanders Road sobriety checkpoint late Saturday night.

Several checkpoints and increased patrols resulted in arrests for DWI, driving while impaired by drugs and driving while impaired by alcohol last night, according to Riverhead Town Police.

A Riverhead woman injured in a single-car crash on East Main Street this morning was under arrest on suspicion of driving while impaired.

The 'No Empty Chair' campaign is a statewide teen driver education effort being launched as prom and graduation season arrives, with the aim of preventing tragedies among teen drivers.

Southampton Town Police report the following arrests in the local area Feb. 10-12.

An Aquebogue woman was arrested on a Leandra’s Law felony DWI charge early this morning following a crash that injured her 15-month-old child on Christmas morning, according to Riverhead Town Police.

Cops: The drunk driver crashed into a police unit parked outside the Suffolk Theater near a crosswalk where 15-20 people were standing, then fled the scene.