Police: Woodmere woman charged with assault, DWI in crash

A Woodmere woman faces drunken driving and assault charges after she crashed her Honda into a utility pole Sunday night in Cedarhurst, injuring herself and a passenger, police said.

Nassau County police said the driver, Susan Rodriguez, 26, of Oak Street, was taken to a hospital suffering from chest pain after the 11:24 p.m. crash near the intersection of West Broadway and Oakland Avenue.

A male passenger, 26, suffered what police called “serious injuries to his head, face and stomach” in the crash — and also was hospitalized. He was in stable condition, police said.

Police said Rodriguez was driving west on West Broadway when she slammed her 2016 Honda HR-V into a pole.

She was charged with second-degree assault, second-degree vehicular assault and driving while intoxicated. Rodriguez was arraigned at her hospital bedside on Monday, but details of the arraignment were not immediately available.

With Lisa Irizarry

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.”