Crime & Safety
Cops: Drunk Driver Crashes Car Into Huntington Home
Sophia Anderson of Brooklyn charged with DWI.
A Brooklyn woman was arrested Monday for driving while intoxicated after she crashed her vehicle into a Huntington house.
Police say, Sophia Anderson was driving her Mercedes south on Browns Road when she failed to turn at the Southdown Road t-intersection. Anderson’s vehicle went through the intersection and crashed into a home located at 200 Southdown Rd. before coming to a stop in the backyard at 4:05 a.m.
A 90-year-old woman and her caretaker were inside the home but were not injured. Anderson, 21, was transported to where she was treated and released.
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Anderson was arrested and charged with DWI. She was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday at the Fourth Precinct.
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