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Drunk LI driver with 8-year-old son inside hit parked car, arrested: police

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Valerie Decker arrested for drunk driving with 8-year-old son inside the car.
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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – A drunk Long Island woman was arrested after hitting a car as she parallel parked with her 8-year-old son inside in Wantagh on Wednesday, Nassau County Police Department said.

Police received a call around 3:30 p.m. for an auto accident with a disturbance on Wantagh Avenue.


Valerie Decker, 46, driving a 2017 Dodge Ram with her 8-year-old son in the car, struck a parked 2019 Infinity with a female passenger inside it as she tried to parallel park.

Decker left the scene and kept driving southbound.

Officers followed Decker, stopped her, and conducted a Vehicle and Traffic Law Stop at the intersection of Wantagh Avenue and Merrick Road.

She was arrested for DWI – Leandra's Law according to the police.

Her son was released into the custody of a family member.

No injuries were reported.

Decker is charged with Driving While Intoxicated, Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated with a Child Passenger Less than 16 years and Endangering the Welfare of a Child and multiple Vehicle and Traffic Law violations.

She will be arraigned on Thursday in Hempstead.

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