Cops: Woman charged with DWI after hitting Fort Salonga building
A Northport woman driving a Honda Accord on Fort Salonga Road on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017, lost control and crashed into a pillar at 1019 Fort Salonga Rd., police said. Credit: Stringer News
A Northport woman who sustained minor injuries Monday when she lost control of her car and struck a building in Fort Salonga has been charged with drunken driving, Suffolk County police said.
Police said Nitza Pena, 47, was driving east in a 2010 Honda Accord at about 5:39 p.m. on Fort Salonga Road when she lost control, crossed the oncoming traffic lanes, hit the curb and crashed into a pillar at 1019 Fort Salonga Rd., police said. No one in the building was hurt.
“She was charged with DWI last night,” a police spokesman said Tuesday morning.
The crash remained under investigation.
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