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Cops: Driver in custody crashed into funeral home

A pickup truck driver crashed into a funeral

Photo credit: Lou Minutoli | A pickup truck driver crashed into a funeral home in Hempstead, leaving at least two people injured. The driver was taken away by ambulance, also hurt. (March 11, 2013)

Hempstead police have a driver in custody whose blood was being checked for alcohol after he allegedly struck four cars before slamming his pickup truck into a funeral home Monday evening, police said.

Four people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after the 5:15 p.m. accident, which ended with the pickup backing into the front of the I.J. Morris Funeral Home, 46 Greenwich St.,...

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