Crime & Safety

Commack Woman Charged with DWI in Wrong-Way Crash

Five people injured in crash on Vets Highway.

A Commack woman is facing drunk driving charges after she drove west in the eastbound lanes of Veterans Memorial Highway in Commack Monday night.

Susan Torns, 58, of Melanie Way, struck a car carrying four people head-on, injuring herself and the passengers in the other vehicle, Suffolk County police said.  The crash occurred just east of Harned Road at around 7:40 p.m., police said.

All parties, including Torns, suffered nonlife-threatening injuries. The occupants of the other car were taken to in Smithtown to be treated for their injuries, police said. Their conditions were not known Tuesday.

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According to police, Torns was first taken to in West Islip, then to . Her condition was not known Tuesday.

Police said this is Torn's second DWI conviction in less than 10 years.

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