A drunken driver crashed into two police cars in Plainview early Saturday morning, Nassau police said.
A pair of highway patrol officers were sitting in their patrol cars while blocking the eastbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway at exit 48, Round Swamp Road, when a Nissan, driven by 38-year-old Nigel Francis of Deer Park, crashed into both police cars at 3:12 a.m., police said.
The lanes the officers were blocking were closed due to contruction.
Francis and his passenger, 29-year-old Shannah Jordan, were taken to Nassau University Medical Center and were treated for non-life threatening injuries. Jordan was released from the hospital immediately.
Both police officers were taken to a local hospital, treated for the injuries and released.
Francis was charged with driving while intoxicated. He will be arraigned at First District Court on Saturday.