An off-duty New York City police officer who allegedly drove drunk the wrong way on Sagtikos Parkway was reportedly chased eight miles by a another driver who had just served as his friends’ designated driver.
Erick Minkoff told CBS New York that the chase early Sunday was “thrilling and nerve wracking.”
Minkoff said he called police, pleading for help, when he saw the other car going the wrong way and weaving while other drivers were honking, flashing their lights and pulling over.
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Staying on his own side of the Suffolk County parkway median, he drove alongside her at 65 mph. When she, he pulled in front of her and blocked her until state police arrived.
The NYPD officer, 26-year-old Candice Smith, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated.
-With Associated Press.
