An Islip Terrace woman was arrested for drugged driving after she was involved in a crash while an 8-year-old boy was a passenger on Wednesday morning, New York State Police said.
Margaret Dopfel was driving westbound on the Southern State Parkway when she rear-ended another vehicle near exit 36 in Lindenhurst shortly before 9 a.m., police said.
Troopers found the 46-year-old woman to be impaired by drugs after she submitted to a chemical test of her blood, police said.
Dopfel was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, endangering the welfare of a child and driving while intoxicated with a child under 16 in the vehicle, a felony under Leandra’s Law.
The child was released to a family member.
Dopfel will be arraigned Thursday at First District Court in Central Islip.
