CHARLESTON — A drunken driver traveling the wrong way on a Staten Island highway crashed his car into another vehicle operated by a man who was also drunk, prosecutors said.
On Saturday, Alan Sweatt, 29, was driving his red Mazda 6 the wrong way on the Staten Island Expressway — near the Bloomingdale Road exit — when he crashed into a 2008 white Cadillac SUV driven by Saif Farouk at 5:15 a.m., prosecutors said.
There were no injuries in the crash.
Sweatt fled the scene but eventually returned and told officers "I shouldn't have ran. I'm young and don't have insurance," according to court papers.
He told officers he had one beer an hour before the crash and had a blood alcohol content of .107 when given a breathalyzer on scene, prosecutors said.
Officers smelled alcohol on Farouk's breath and found he had a BAC of .089 on scene and was driving with a license that was suspended earlier this year, prosecutors said.
Sweatt was charged with driving while intoxicated, driving while ability impaired and leaving the scene of an incident without reporting it at his arraignment, the Staten Island District Attorney's office said.
He was released without bail and is due back in court on Nov. 17, according to online court records.
Sweatt's lawyer did not respond to a request for comment.
Farouk, 27, was arrested and charged with driving while ability impaired and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, prosecutors said.
He was released without bail and is due back in court on Nov. 2, according to online court records.
His lawyer, Paul Capofari, did want to comment on the case.
