Sophia Anderson turned her Mercedes into a very expensive wrecking ball. The Brooklyn woman drunkenly slammed her sports car into a Long Island home yesterday with such force that it tore through two rooms and landed in the back yard — taking with it everything, including the kitchen sinkVideo: Brooklyn woman drives car through Long Island home
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Amazingly, nobody was hurt in the 4 a.m. chaos, which left cabinets, dining-room chairs, a stove and stainless-steel bowls scattered around the crumpled red Mercedes-Benz CLK 320 in the rear of 96-year-old Helen Indiere’s once-tidy Huntington home. Video: Brooklyn woman drives car through Long Island home
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The driver, Sophia Anderson, 21, emerged from the top-down convertible with only a few scratches and bruises on her face — even though the car took down a tree along its path of destruction. “I’m not going to the hospital,” Anderson repeatedly slurred, according to Greenberg. Video: Brooklyn woman drives car through Long Island home
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Instead, the Brooklyn woman ended up spending the night in the slammer on charges of driving while intoxicated after allegedly refusing to take a Breathalyzer test. Cops were powerless to draw blood from her because there were no serious injuries. Video: Brooklyn woman drives car through Long Island home
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Officials estimated that Anderson was driving “at least” 40 to 50 mph down Browns Road when she got to the flashing red lights at the T-intersection with Southdown Road. Video: Brooklyn woman drives car through Long Island home
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The car slammed into a cypress tree, and its rear wheels landed atop some shrubs. “It sounded like a wrecking ball,” said neighbor Kimberly Steinberg. The 42-year-old woman said she ran outside and heard people yelling and glass breaking. Video: Brooklyn woman drives car through Long Island home
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Sophia Anderson was arrested for DWI after crashing her vehicle into a home in Huntington. “I thought it was a fire,” Steinberg said. “All I saw was a red glow. I heard people making noise and glass breaking. “Thank God Helen is fine.” The retired dress-shop owner was sleeping in her room about 20 feet from where the car hit. “If the girl had yanked the wheel to the left at the very last minute, we would be talking about a very different story here,” said Suffolk Deputy Inspector Mathew Lewis. Video: Brooklyn woman drives car through Long Island home
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Sophia Anderson, 21, emerged from the top-down convertible with only a few scratches and bruises on her face – even though the car took down a tree along its path of destruction. Video: Brooklyn woman drives car through Long Island home
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