Alex Hernandez Garcia, of Brentwood, accused of DWI in crash on LIE near Medford
A car caught fire following a two-vehicle crash on the eastbound Long Island Expressway near Exit 64 in Medford Friday morning. Credit: Reader Photo
A Suffolk County man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after police say he caused a two-car crash on the Long Island Expressway on Friday morning. A good Samaritan rescued him just before his vehicle caught fire, police added.
Around 3:21 a.m., Alex Hernandez Garcia, 21, of Brentwood, was driving a 2024 Acura east near Medford when his car sideswiped another vehicle, causing the Acura to overturn, Suffolk police said.
A passerby pulled Hernandez Garcia from the Acura before it caught fire and became fully engulfed, police said.
All eastbound lanes were closed at Exit 64 for hours, but by 8 a.m. the crash was cleared and all lanes were reopened, police said.
Hernandez Garcia was taken to Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening, police said. No one else was injured.
The Brentwood man is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Feb. 27, according to a Suffolk County Police Department spokesperson.
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