Boozed-up driver turned LI roads into ‘raceway’ and floored it at 70 mph just a second before killing off-duty Nassau cop: DA

Source: New York Post

The boozed-up driver who allegedly killed a Nassau County police officer was out underage drinking before the deadly crash — and accelerated before hitting the beloved cop, prosecutors said, as the slain cop’s heartbroken husband wept at the motorist’s arraignment on Friday. Matthew Smith, 20, went on a binge at James Joyce bar in Patchogue before speeding and swerving through local streets, driving over 70 mph in a 30 mph zone and blowing through a “steady” red light just after 6 a. m.