RYE, NY (July 5, 2025) — A 19-year-old White Plains man was arrested and charged with multiple offenses, including driving while intoxicated, after a one-car rollover crash on Boston Post Road in Rye, police said.
The incident occurred on July 4, 2025, at the intersection of Boston Post Road and Bradford Avenue, according to the City of Rye Police Department. Officers responded to the scene and found the driver, Jamal Abdul Razak, and six passengers, ages 18 to 19, outside the vehicle, a 2010 Acura MDX, which had come to rest on its roof in the southbound lane.
Police said Razak claimed he swerved to avoid an animal in the roadway, struck a curb, overcorrected, and caused the vehicle to flip. All passengers sustained minor injuries and were transported to Westchester County Medical Center for treatment.
Officers observed signs of impairment in Razak, who failed standard field sobriety tests and later refused a chemical breath test at police headquarters, according to the police report.
Razak faces charges including reckless endangerment in the second degree, a Class A misdemeanor, and driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor. He was also issued several vehicle and traffic law summonses, including operating in violation of restrictions (corrective lenses), refusal to submit to a breath test, speed not reasonable and prudent, open container of alcohol, and failing to use the designated lane.
Razak was processed and released with a desk appearance ticket, returnable to Rye Court on July 15, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.
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