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Joseph Savasta

Man Charged With DWI After Crash Between Mercedes, Truck On LI Expressway Man Charged With DWI After Crash Between Mercedes, Truck On LI Expressway
Man Charged With DWI After Crash Between Mercedes, Truck On LI Expressway A local man has been charged with driving while intoxicated in a crash that critically injured a tow truck operator on the Long Island Expressway. The Suffolk County Police Department said Joseph Savasta, age 57, of Oyster Bay, was arrested on Wednesday, July 7, following the two-vehicle crash in Hauppauge.  Police said Savasta was westbound on the Long Island Expressway, near Motor Parkway, when his Mercedes-Benz struck a westbound flatbed tow truck just after 4 a.m. The Mercedes-Benz overturned and came to a stop by the median, and the tow truck went off the right side of the hi…