The incident happened on Monday, April 24 around 9:30 p.m., when Yorktown Police received a report that a vehicle had crashed on Lexington Avenue and that the driver was fleeing on foot, according to the department.
Officers then arrived at the scene and found the driver a short distance away on Storage Road.
An investigation conducted at the scene determined that the driver, identified as 23-year-old Geovany Aldana Martinez of Mohegan Lake, had allegedly been driving while intoxicated and had failed to maintain his lane while operating at a high speed.
Martinez was then arrested and charged with the following:
- First offense of driving while intoxicated;
- Failure to maintain lane;
- Speed not reasonable or prudent;
- Leaving the scene of a property damage auto accident.
Martinez was later released to a responsible adult and will appear in Yorktown Justice Court on Thursday, May 11.
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