CRASH: Woman ODs on LI parkway, responding trooper exposed to opioids; both hospitalized

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (1010 WINS) — A Long Island woman was arrested Thursday after she allegedly crashed her car on the Wantagh State Parkway while driv...

January 13, 2023
3:28 PM

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (1010 WINS) — A Long Island woman was arrested Thursday after she allegedly crashed her car on the Wantagh State Parkway while driving high and exposed a trooper to opioids. According to New York State Police, troopers arrived shortly after 1:15 p.m. on a report of an "erratic operator" traveling southbound on the parkway in Hempstead near the Hempstead Turnpike. Troopers responded within minutes and found the vehicle disabled due to a crash. Jaqueline Ann Morales, 35, was unresponsive and exhibiting signs of an opioid overdose, police said.

Brian Brant