Cops: Woman who hit parked car in Smithtown charged with DWI
A Smithtown woman was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after she crashed her Audi into a parked car on a residential street late Wednesday in Smithtown, police said.
Justina O’Dowd, 35, of Sybil Place, was charged with driving while intoxicated by Fourth Precinct officers responding to the scene, Suffolk County police said. Police said that O’Dowd was driving her 2012 Audi at about 10:50 p.m. when she crashed into a parked car on River Heights Drive.
Arraignment information was not available.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misidentified the driver because of incorrect information provided by police.
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