LI mom killed her 9-year-old son in tragic wrong-way crash that left several others injured: cops
Long Island mother was slapped with charges in a horrific wrong-way crash that killed her 9-year-old son and injured several others early Thursday, authorities said.
Centerport resident Kerri A. Bedrick, 32, was allegedly behind the wheel of a 2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross SUV that was seen traveling in the wrong direction on the Southern State Parkway near Exit 42 in Islip around 2:15 a.m., authorities said at a press conference.
The driver ignored a Suffolk County deputy sheriff’s attempt to pull her and sped up just moments before the terrifying four-car collision that killed her young son Eli Henrys, Major Stephen J. Udice of the New York State Police said.
The drivers of two other vehicles involved in the pileup — a 29-year-old woman operating a 2018 Mercedes Benz and and a 24-year-old man driving a 2011 Honda were taken to a local hospital, but their injuries were not life threatening, cops said.
She was given a field sobriety test at the scene, though authorities declined to release the results.
She was slapped with chargesincluding felony aggravated unlicensed operation, operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs and aggaraved DWI with a child less than 16 and criminal possession of a stimulant, according to a news release.
The driver is also believed to have been spotted traveling in the wrong direction on Sunrise Highway — 5 miles from the crash site — before the horrific accident, Udice said.
“It was a very severe collision. It was a head-on collision. The damage to the vehicles was extensive,” he told reporters.
The force of the collision was so intense that the engine of the wrong-way vehicle was thrown “some distance” into the woods by the crash site, he added.
The 9-year-old boy was removed from the back seat of the SUV by the deputy sheriff and a New York state trooper.
The two responders administered first aid, including CPR, to Eli at the scene before he was taken to the hospital, where he died.
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Long Island mother was slapped with charges in a horrific wrong-way crash that killed her 9-year-old son and injured several others early Thursday, authorities said. Centerport resident…