Scott Jutkins, drunken driver, crashes into pole, injures passenger, cops say
An Illinois man has been charged with drunken driving after injuring his passenger in a crash in Roslyn Harbor on Saturday afternoon, Nassau County police said.
Police said Scott J. Jutkins, 37, of St. Charles, Illinois, was driving a 2011 BMW west on Bryant Avenue when he crashed into an electric pole on Motts Cove Road about 1 p.m., police said. His passenger, a 36-year-old woman, was taken by ambulance to a hospital where she was listed in serious condition.
Jutkins was charged with second-degree assault and driving while intoxicated. He is set to be arraigned Sunday at First District Court in Hempstead.
John Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.
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