Driver hit fence, parked cars in DWI crash in East Farmingdale, Suffolk police say
Members of the East Farmingdale Fire Company, Farmingdale Fire Department and Suffolk County Police responded to an accident on Route 109 near Route 110 in East Farmingdale early Friday morning. Credit: Paul Mazza
An Oakdale man was charged with driving while intoxicated after he crashed his car through a fence and hit multiple vehicles early Friday morning in East Farmingdale, police said.
Suffolk police said the driver's passenger, who is 50, was taken to a hospital with unspecified injuries.
The driver, identified as Robert Alvarado, 26, was behind the wheel of a 2021 Mercedes-Benz on Route 109, near Route 110, when he drove across a grass median and struck a fence and several parked, unoccupied vehicles at 2:25 a.m., police said.
Police did not provide the exact address of the crash.
Alvarado was arrested, police said. He was released Friday on his own recognizance, according to court records. It was not immediately clear if he was represented by an attorney.
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