Crime & Safety

Child, 2, Was in the Car During Alleged DWI Crash

Cranford Police say a Vermont woman was intoxicated and had a child in the car when she hit a pole on Springfield Avenue.

Cops said a 2-year-old child was inside a vehicle driven by an alleged drunk driver that crashed into a utility pole Friday night. Cranford Police charged Alyson Longe, of Vermont, with driving while intoxicated and careless driving after she crashed her 2007 Jeep into a pole on Springfield Avenue.

She was injured in the crash and taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Rahway with non-life threatening injuries.

The incident occurred just after 9p.m. Longe, 37, was arrested by Officer Kelly Rieder. 

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