Man charged with DWI after vehicle catches fire on LIRR tracks

Firefighters work to. clear the LIRR tracks of vehicle on Feb. 10 Courtesy Zone2photo/Paul. Mazza

Nassau County police said a Port Washington man was arrested after a vehicle caught fire on Long Island Rail Road tracks in Farmingdale.

According to police, Eighth Precinct officers responded at about 1:15 a.m. Tues.,, Feb 10 to the Farmingdale LIRR station, near Melville Road and South Front Street, after receiving a report of a vehicle on fire on the tracks. When officers arrived, they found a white Subaru engulfed in flames.

Police said the driver of the vehicle was found near the scene, and after an investigation, Jorge Ferrer Hidalgo, 29, of 10 Bar Beach Road, was arrested and charged without incident with three counts of driving while intoxicated. He was scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead that day.

No injuries were reported and service was restored after about an hour and a half as crews worked to clear the tracks. The investigation remains ongoing.

Source: Massapequa Post