Woman Charged With DWI After Crashing Into SUV In Central Islip, Seriously Injuring 5-Year-Old

A woman was charged with driving while intoxicated following a motor vehicle crash in Central Islip that seriously injured a 5-year-old girl, Suffolk County Police said.

Motor Parkway and Joshua's Path in Central Islip.
Photo Credit: *Google Maps street view*

Joe Lombardi

05/26/2019 9:35 a.m.

Sandra Stewart was driving a 2001 Toyota Camry eastbound on Saturday night, May 25 on Motor Parkway, turning left onto Joshua’s Path, when her vehicle crashed head-on with a 2006 Honda SUV that was traveling westbound on Motor Parkway just before 9 p.m., according to police.

Genesis Castro-Aguilar, a 5-year-old passenger in the backseat on the Honda, was transported via ambulance to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore and then airlifted to Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park for treatment of serious injuries, police said. Stewart was transported to Southside Hospital with minor injuries.

The driver of the Honda, Hugo Chavez, 23, of Huntington Station, and four other passengers including his wife and another child, were not injured.

Fourth Squad detectives charged Stewart, 57, of Narragansett Avenue in East Patchogue, with DWI. She is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Sunday, May 26.

Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks.

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