Cops: Selden driver who hit tree in Ronkonkoma was drunk
Firefighters extricate a woman who lost control of her SUV Monday on the LIE service road in Ronkonkoma. Credit: Bryan Lopez
A Selden driver was drunk when she crashed into a tree Monday night in Ronkonkoma, Suffolk police said.
Jennifer Mintz, 45, was driving a Hyundai sport utility vehicle west on the Long Island Expressway service road when she lost control near Edgewood Avenue about 8 p.m., police said.
Her SUV overturned and hit a tree, officials said, and she was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital to be treated injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
Mintz was charged with driving while intoxicated, police said.
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