Authorities said the car struck the guardrail of the southbound lanes when the driver failed to maintain control of the vehicle.
IRVINGTON -- A woman from Orange was driving drunk when she crashed her car into a guardrail on the Garden State Parkway in Irvington, seriously injuring herself and her passenger early Saturday morning, authorities said.
Crystal Simmons, 43, was charged with driving while intoxicated and assault by auto for the crash that occurred at 1:18 a.m. at milepost 143.6 of the parkway, said Sgt. Gregory Williams, a New Jersey State Police spokesman.
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Williams said the impact ejected Simmons' passenger, Heather Brown, 35, of Shrewsbury, from the 2006 Chevrolet Malibu.
He said the car struck the guardrail of the southbound lanes when the driver failed to maintain control of the vehicle.
Both women were taken to University Hospital in Newark with serious injuries, Williams said.
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