Eyewitness News rode along with Suffolk County police as they patrolled some of the deadliest streets in the state and set up sobriety checkpoints to get drunk drivers off the roads.
Chanteé LansEyewitness News' Chanteé Lans rides along with Suffolk County police as they crack down on drunk and impaired driving.
In 2022 on Long Island, 245 people died in crashes, with 164 in Suffolk County. A third of all fatalities involved DWIs. "We want to try to take that number down each year," said Sgt. Thomas Mutarelli, Suffolk County Police Department.Officer Anthony Bellaspirito of the Highway Patrol lost his cousin, 22-year-old Timothy Carpenter, last year to a driver on drugs.
For example, under current state law, an impaired driver can only be charged if the officer can name the drug they are on.
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