Suffolk County Police have arrested a woman for driving while intoxicated after she drove against traffic and crashed into a boat in Babylon.
911 received multiple reports of a vehicle traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Route 231 in Babylon at approximately 10 p.m. on November 24. The vehicle, a 2021 Kia Forte, then crossed over the median and continued heading south in the southbound lanes, striking road signs along the way, before driving through the intersection at East Main Street, over the median, through the fence in front of 270 East Main St. and crashing into a boat at approximately 10 p.m.
The boat, which was parked on land, caught fire. The fire quickly spread to three other boats. Responding First Precinct Patrol officers along with a bystander pulled the driver, Lorrie Ibe, from the vehicle. She was transported via ambulance to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Babylon Fire Department responded and extinguished the blaze.
Ibe, 54, of West Babylon, was charged with Driving While Intoxicated. She will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip at a time to be determined.
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