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MINEOLA, N.Y. — Prosecutors say a Long Island woman arrested in a crash after driving the wrong way down the Long Island Expressway had a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit.

Katelyn O’Connell of Westbury was arraigned Wednesday in her hospital bed on charges of drunken driving, reckless endangerment and assault. Prosecutors say she had a 0.17 blood-alcohol reading; the legal limit is 0.08.

Bail was set at $5,000. Her attorney declined comment.

Police say O’Connell was driving westbound in the LIE’s eastbound lanes at about 5 a.m. Tuesday when her car crashed head-on into a vehicle driven by a 27-year-old man. He suffered a broken ankle.

The crash closed the eastbound lanes of the highway for nearly six hours.

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