An alleged drunk driver veered off a Lengthy Island street and crashed into a number of boats at a marina, sparking a hearth that left the vessels badly broken.
The crash occurred Sunday night time round 10 p.m., in keeping with police, who mentioned the division acquired a number of 911 calls a couple of girl driving within the flawed course on Route 231 in Babylon previous to the wreck. The driving force crashed via a fence and into a ship, police mentioned.
Officers and a bystander pulled the driving force, a 54-year-old girl from West Babylon, out of the burning automobile. The driving force, who has not been recognized, was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital, the place she was anticipated to recuperate and face a decide at a later date.
Afterward, all that remained was the shell of a ship that was burned past recognition.
“If this was in the course of the day, you wouldn’t be boats — you’d be useless folks. That is an especially busy street.” mentioned Jimmy Luttieri, who owns Suffolk Marine Heart.
And it wasn’t the primary time one thing like this has occurred.
“That is most likely the sixth or seventh time within the final 4 or 5 years,” mentioned Doug DiLorenzo, of Wayside Fence Firm, including {that a} automobile crashed via in 2023 and hit an workplace. He was on the scene Monday measuring to put in one other new fence.
Some say a guardrail on East Important Avenue may stop vehicles from crusing via. Others blame drunk drivers.
“[A guardrail] can be good to cease folks from doing this, however you may’t drink and drive. The legal guidelines should be stricter in my view,” mentioned Luttieri.
