Unlicensed DWI driver hit bicyclist, cops say
A bicyclist was injured after he was struck by a car driven by an unlicensed drunken driver Monday on County Route 105 in Riverhead, police said.
The accident took place near the Hubbard Avenue bridge at 8:17 p.m., Riverhead police said. Police said the bicyclist, identified as Peter Ryan, was taken by Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance to the Peconic Bay Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the 2003 Ford Crown Victoria, identified as Louise Stacey, 71, of Center Moriches, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle,police said.
She was not hurt.
Arraignment details were not immediately available.
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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