They say Garcia's blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit.
He was charged with aggravated drunken driving. Garcia, who's 19, was awaiting arraignment, and the town court did not have a lawyer's name for him.
In July, Diane Schuler of West Babylon killed herself and seven others on the Taconic. She was found to be drunk and high.
Last week, a Bronx man was charged with DWI after police said he was driving the wrong way.
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