Joselyn Rodriguez of Brooklyn charged with DWI in crash with Nassau police patrol car

A Brooklyn woman was arrested and charged with drunken driving after police said she made an illegal U-turn on a street in Farmingdale early Sunday — and crashed into the side of a marked police patrol unit.

Nassau County police said the incident occurred on Main Street at 2:39 a.m. and said one officer was transported to a hospital after suffering a wrist injury in the collision.

Police said Joselyn Rodriguez, 22, of Boerum Hill, was driving a 2013 Ford Focus when an officer in a marked unit heading south on Main Street witnessed her make an illegal U-turn and then hit the side of his marked patrol car. Rodriguez was uninjured, but was arrested following an investigation, police said.

Rodriguez was charged with third-degree assault, aggravated driving while intoxicated and multiple vehicle and traffic law violations.

She faces arraignment Monday in First District Court in Hempstead.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”