Intoxicated Driver Crashes Into Vehicle On Long Island Expressway, 2 Hurt, Police Say

A 53-year-old man was charged with driving while intoxicated after he was involved in a three-vehicle crash on the Long Island Expressway.

The Long Island Expressway in Brentwood
Photo Credit: *Google Maps street view*

Nicole Valinote

12/18/2022 3:30 p.m.

Ki Tat Leung, of Flushing, Queens, was arrested and charged with DWI following the crash that happened in Brentwood at about midnight on Saturday, Dec. 17, the Suffolk County Police Department reported.

SCPD said Leung was driving a 2009 BMW west on the LIE near Exit 53 when he crashed into the rear passenger side of a 2020 Honda.

The Honda hit a wall and was then struck by a 2018 tractor-trailer, police said.

Police said the driver of the Honda, a 33-year-old Bayville man, suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash, and the passenger, a 32-year-old Bayville woman, suffered serious injuries.

Leung and the driver of the tractor-trailer were not injured in the crash, police said.

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