Authorities: Drunk Long Island Driver Leads 10-Mile NJ Chase Toward GWB

A fashion sales manager from Long Island was drunk when she led New Jersey State Police troopers on a 10-mile chase from Saddle Brook to Leonia, authorities said.

Jerry DeMarco

05/22/2020 3:25 p.m.

A trooper tried to stop a weaving Nissan Rogue headed east on Route 80 in Saddle Brook shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday, a State Police spokesman said.

Jan Kotowski, 45, of North Bellmore in Nassau County, kept going, however, NJSP Trooper Alejandro Goez said Friday.

The trooper was joined by another, both with lights and sirens activated, before Kotowski finally pulled over on Route 95, he said.

Kotowski was charged with eluding and DWI and released to a responsible adult pending a court hearing.

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