Prosecutor: Woman who flipped Jeep on Rt. 17 was drunk

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A woman who flipped her Jeep on the Route 3 East ramp off southbound Route 17 in Rutherford this weekend, seriously injuring two of her passengers, was drunk at the time, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning.

Jerry DeMarco

08/18/2010 3:35 p.m.

Carylin Benavides, 22, of Wallington was arrested and charged with two counts of assault by automobile, and with driving under the influence of alcohol in a motor vehicle crash that caused serious bodily injury.

The Jeep Cherokee flipped around 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning as it rode the guardrail and came to rest on its roof, Molinelli said. Benavides, who was driving, and her two passengers, Joseph Diaz and Daniel Deluca, were all taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries.

Benavides has a Sept. 14 appearance scheduled in Rutherford Municipal Court.

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