Cops: Driver charged with DWI after crash
A Plainview man was arrested and charged with drunken driving after an early-morning accident Thursday on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau, state police said.
Carlos Merlos, 21, was arrested after being interviewed by a trooper investigating his one-car accident, police said.
The accident occurred near eastbound Exit 21, Nassau Road, in Roosevelt at 1:05 a.m.
Police said the trooper "detected a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage" as he interviewed Merlos and said the driver had "slurred speech, impaired motor coordination, and bloodshot watery eyes."
Police said Merlos failed a field sobriety test, as well.
Arraignment details were not immediately available.
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