Man, 54, Accused of DWI in Deadly Wrong-Way Crash

A 54-year-old man has been charged with drunken driving in a wrong-way crash that killed another driver in Suffolk County early Wednesday. 

Police say Christopher O'Brien was behind the wheel of the Audi that was going the wrong way on Sunrise Highway and struck a Toyota Corolla head-on. 

O'Brien was taken to a hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. The other driver, 57-year-old Thomas D'Eletto, was pronounced dead at the scene. 

O'Brien is expected to be arraigned at a later date. It wasn't immediately clear if he had an attorney who could comment on the allegations. 

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