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Manslaughter Indictment: Woman Accused Of Driving Drunk, Texting In Sea Cliff Crash
A young Long Island woman has been indicted for her alleged role in causing a motorcyclist’s death while she was driving while both drunk and texting a friend, the District Attorney announced.
Susannah Smith, a 22-year-old Sea Cliff woman, was indicted on Friday, May 5 on multiple charges, including manslaughter, for the accident, which occurred in June of 2022, according to the Nassau County District Attorney
On the night of June 15, 2022, at approximately 11:58 p.m., the charges allege that Smith was driving her 2014 Ford Focus north on Cedar Swamp Road while intoxicated and texting wi…
New Holland PD: Driver Nearly 2X Legal BAC Level Blows Through Stop Sign
A driver with a blood alcohol level almost twice the legal limit blew through stop signs and swerves in road way, says New Holland police.
Justine Nicole Olweiler, 28, has plead guilty to two other traffic violations, including texting while driving, court documents show.
Olweiler drove right through a stop sign at 2:48 a.m. on Sunday, and then continued driving erratically, police said. She swerved in the area of East Conestoga Street and Mentzer Avenue, where police were on patrol, they said.
The officers stopped Olweiler and gave her a field sobriety tests--which she failed, author…
