Police: DWI charge after Mercedes-Benz crashes in West Babylon

William Washington, 23, of Wyandanch, was arrested and charged with... — William Washington, 23, of Wyandanch, was arrested and charged with drunken driving and drug possession early Friday, Oct. 28 2016, after his car crashed in West Babylon, Suffolk County police said. Credit: Fully Involved Media Group / Joe Cassano

By John Valentijohn.valenti@newsday.comOctober 28, 2016

A Wyandanch man was arrested and charged with drunken driving and drug possession after an early morning crash Friday in West Babylon, Suffolk County police said.

Police said William Washington, 23, who was arrested at the scene of the crash on Belmont Avenue, was charged with driving while intoxicated and with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, believed to be cocaine. He is scheduled for arraignment Friday in First District Court in Central Islip.

Washington was driving a 2002 Mercedes-Benz southbound on Belmont when police said he crashed at 3:15 a.m.

Additional details were not available.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

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.”

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