Driver charged with DWI in LIE crash that seriously injured 2, closed lanes at Exit 61 for about 5 hours
A Port Jefferson Station man was charged with DWI after he and one of his passengers were seriously injured in a crash on the Long Island Expressway early Saturday morning in Holbrook, which shut down eastbound lanes for about five hours, Suffolk County Police said.
Walter Maybanks, 36, was driving a 2014 Infiniti eastbound on the Long Island Expressway, east of Exit 61, when his vehicle struck the rear of a tractor trailer and the center median at about 3:30 a.m., police said
Maybanks and one of his passengers, Erica Sime, 26, were transported to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. A 32-year-old male passenger in the vehicle was not hurt. The driver of the tractor trailer, James Hoerauf, 59, was not injured.
The roadway reopened at 8:15 a.m., police said.
Maybanks was charged with DWI and will be arraigned on a later date.
The Infiniti was impounded for a safety check and the investigation is continuing. Detectives are asking anyone with information to call the Sixth Squad at 631-854-8652.
Craig Schneider is a Long Island native and Stony Brook University alumnus. He joined Newsday as a general assignment reporter in January 2018 after 20 years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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