An alleged drugged driver was arrested after leading Suffolk County police officers on a 7-mile chase in an SUV with “Let’s Go Giants” painted on its back window early Tuesday morning, authorities said.
Emily Hindman was charged with driving while impaired, possession of a controlled substance, criminal mischief, reckless endangerment, resisting arrest and unlawful fleeing.
The 25-year-old Mount Sinai woman also was reportedly wearing an Eli Manning sweat shirt when she was apprehended.
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The chase began at 1:30 a.m. when police tried to pull her over for driving her Toyota 4Runner erratically in Medford.
A police spokeswoman said Hindman drove on Route 112 northbound to Route 25 eastbound and kept driving despite two flats from the tire-deflating devices officers dropped.
Hindman also allegedly rammed into a patrol car that pulled in front of her in Coram, where she was eventually taken into custody, police said.
She was taken to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital for treatment of injuries suffered in the crash.
A spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney said she told doctors at the hospital: “I have a crack pipe down my pants.”
Hindman will be arraigned Wednesday at First District Court in Central Islip.
