Anthony Kaiser, of Shirley, charged with DWI after crash injures 2, police say

A Shirley man was charged with driving while intoxicated after a two-vehicle crash that seriously injured his passenger and injured the other driver in North Bellport Thursday night, Suffolk County police said.

Anthony Kaiser, 28, was driving a 2021 Dodge Charger east on Montauk Highway around 11:15 p.m. when the car crossed over the double yellow lines into the opposite lane and collided head-on with a westbound 2021 Toyota Venza near Weaver Avenue, police said in a news release.

Kaiser’s front-seat passenger was taken to NYU Langone Hospital — Suffolk in Patchogue for treatment of serious injuries, police said.

Kaiser and the 36-year-old driver of the Toyota were also taken to the same hospital for treatment of serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Kaiser was charged with driving while intoxicated and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Friday.

Both vehicles were impounded.