Man Crashes Into Police Car In Dix Hills, Faces DWI Charge: SCPD

DIX HILLS, NY — A man was charged with driving while intoxicated after he crashed his car into a marked police car in Dix Hills on Saturday night, Suffolk police said.

Jason Ligon, 57, of Great Neck, was driving a 2020 Mercedes sedan westbound on the Long Island Expressway, near Exit 50, when he crashed his vehicle into the back of a stopped police vehicle that had been responding to a call at 10:20 p.m., police said.

The one officer in the police vehicle was transported to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries, police said. No one else was injured, police said.

The SAFE-T Team (Selective Alcohol Fatality Enforcement Team) responded, determined that Ligon was intoxicated, and charged him with driving while intoxicated, police said.

Ligon is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip.