Girl, 17, charged with DWI after 2 passengers seriously hurt in Suffolk crash

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DIX HILLS, N.Y. (1010 WINS) — A 17-year-old girl was charged with DWI after she crashed her car Saturday night in Dix Hills and seriously injured her two passengers, police said.

The teen was driving eastbound in a 2010 Honda Civic with three passengers on Vanderbilt Parkway, about a quarter mile east of McCulloch Drive, when she lost control of the car around 9:15 p.m. and crashed into the woods.

Kenia Perez and Santos Mendez, both 18 years old, were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment of serious but non-life threatening injuries.

The third passenger, Yanci Velis-Mendoza, 21, and the driver were treated at nearby hospitals for minor injuries.

Police said the 17-year-old was arrested and charged with DWI.

She will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip at a later date.

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