Islip Woman Charged With DWI After Crashing Into Ambulance Treating Injured Man in Bay Shore

An Islip woman was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated after crashing into an ambulance that was preparing to transport an injured man in Bay Shore early Sunday morning, Suffolk County Police said.

Edith Cairo, 32, was driving a 2017 Honda Accord when she struck an Islip Fire Department ambulance on Main Street, just east of 3rd Avenue, at approximately 2:15 a.m. on October 18, police said.

At the time of the crash, emergency personnel were loading an injured 26-year-old Islip man into the back of the ambulance, which had its emergency lights activated…

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