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Police: LI Woman Driving With Infant Daughter Charged Under Leandra's Law After Coram Crash

CORAM, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) --  A Long Island mother has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk and crashing her SUV with her baby on board, Suffolk County police said Friday.

Ludivia Jimenez, 33, faces multiple charges including aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child passenger 15 years old or younger, also known as Leandra's Law, and endangering the welfare of a child, according to police.

In exclusive CBS2 video, Jimenez could be seen being walked out of the 6th precinct in handcuffs hours after the crash, which happened around midnight at the intersection of Route 112 and Old Town Road in Coram.

Police said Jimenez was driving a 2004 Ford Explorer with her 10-month-old daughter inside when she lost control of her vehicle, hitting Gleny Gonzalez's parked pickup truck, which then slammed into a parked Lexus.

"I got up, I jumped cause all I heard was like the huge loud crash so I jumped out of bed, got dressed, came out here," Gonzalez told CBS2's Reena Roy. "When I saw what happened, I started calling 911."

Police said Jimenez's SUV then hit a tree before flipping onto its side. Gonzalez said she heard the baby screaming.

"It was terrible to watch. She was bleeding," Gonzalez said. "She grabbed her kid, she came over here by the car. She was afraid. The baby was screaming -- it was crying so much."

Jimenez and her daughter were taken to Stony Brook University Hospital where they were treated for minor injuries.

"I heard the baby screaming and that's what did it for me. I just felt all types of way," Gonzalez said. "I had chills from head to toe."

Jimenez is set to face a judge later Friday.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Sixth Squad at 631-854-8652.

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