BOHEMIA, Long Island (WABC) -- A 16-year-old is charged with driving while intoxicated on Long Island after police say he led them on a drunken chase.
According to Suffolk County Police, Thomas Barbella, of Bohemia, was driving a 2004 GMC southbound in the northbound lanes of Lakeland Avenue at approximately 12:23 a.m. Sunday.
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When an officer tried to initiate a traffic stop Barbella fled, authorities say.
After a brief pursuit, Barbella crashed into a 2016 Ford Fusion at the intersection of Lakeland Avenue and the Sunrise Highway North Service Road.
Barbella was traken to Stony Brook University Hospital in critical condition.
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The driver of the Ford Fusion, Breanna Gamaldi, 26, of Bohemia, was transported to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Barbella was charged with DWI with additional charges pending. He was issued a Field Appearance Ticket at the hospital for arraignment at a later date.
WABC