Crime & Safety
Drunken Woman Slams Car Into Farmingdale Chinese Restaurant: Police
A customer was injured during the crash, after the driver hit a parked car, causing both vehicles to collide into the building, police say.
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FARMINGDALE, NY — A Massapequa woman was charged with DWI after Nassau police said she caused two cars to crash through a Farmingdale restaurant on Friday.
Officers were called to Great Wall Kitchen, at 47 Boundary Avenue, after a vehicle struck the building at 9:35 p.m., police said. Lauren Potter, 39, was driving a 2011 Mercedes Benz north on North Broadway when she left the road and collided with a parked 2018 Toyota, police said. The unoccupied Toyota went through the storefront, and the Mercedes Benz followed, police said.
Potter was driving under the influence of alcohol, police said. A 51-year-old woman dining at the restaurant suffered a cut to her right hand, police said. Potter suffered an injury to her ankle and said she had chest pain, police said.
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Both were transported to a nearby hospital for assessment and treatment, police said.
Potter was charged with DWI and third-degree assault. She will be arraigned when medically practical, the department said.
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