Man Charged With DWI After Hitting Police Car

Suffolk County Police arrested a man for driving while intoxicated after he crashed his car into a marked police vehicle in Dix Hills Saturday night.

Jason Ligon was driving a 2020 Mercedes sedan west on the Long Island Expressway, near Exit 50, when he crashed his vehicle into the rear of a stopped police vehicle that had been responding to another call at 10:20 p.m., police said.

The officer in the police vehicle was taken to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

There were no other injuries.

The SAFE-T Team (Selective Alcohol Fatality Enforcement Team) responded to the scene, determined that Ligon was intoxicated, and charged him with Driving While Intoxicated. Ligon, 57, of Great Neck is being held at the Sixth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip.