A Long Island mother is accused of crashing into two cars while under the influence with her three-year-old daughter in the vehicle, Nassau County police said Thursday.
Police said Monique Williams, 35, of Hempstead, was driving a black Honda CRV on Davis Avenue in East Garden City when she crashed into a car and drove away from the scene. The crash happened just after 5 p.m. on Wednesday, according to police.
Williams is also accused of hitting an unoccupied car in a parking lot on Davis Avenue and leaving that scene, police said.
Nassau County police were able to arrest Williams, but when they did, they found her three-year-old daughter in the car, according to police. The child was taken to a nearby hospital for head pain, before being released to a family member, officers said.
Williams is charged with driving while intoxicated, aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child passenger less than 16 years, endangering the welfare of a child, and two counts of leaving the scene of an incident, according to police.
The 53-year-old driver of the car Williams allegedly hit was taken to a hospital for minor injuries.
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