A drunken driver smashed into another vehicle in Brooklyn on Monday night, critically injuring a 1-year-old boy, according to cops.
Natalie Leonard, 28, was driving a black sedan north on Mother Gaston Boulevard in Brownsville when she crashed into a red 2018 Acura at the intersection of Dumont Avenue around 7 p.m., police said.
The toddler was being held in the lap of a 21-year-old woman in the passenger seat of Leonard’s car, cops said.
The crash happened at the intersection of Mother Gaston Boulevard and Dumont Avenue in Brownsville. FNTV
Three people were hurt in the Monday night crash. FNTVThe passenger was not wearing a seatbelt at the time, police said.
The 1-year-old was rushed to Kings County Hospital in critical condition.
The 21-year-old woman was taken to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition.
Leonard was in Kings County Hospital in stable condition.
The 38-year-old driver of the Acura was hospitalized in stable condition.
Leonard was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment, vehicular assault, acting in a manner injurious to a child, driving while intoxicated and several other traffic violations.
