Arrest made after OnStar leads police to crash scene

Updated 07:54 a.m., Wednesday, November 2, 2011

ALBANY -- A South Pearl Street man faces aggravated driving while intoxicated charges after his OnStar system lead police to the scene of a car accident early Tuesday, police said.

Miguel Medina was charged with felony DWI, leaving the scene of a property damage accident and refusal to take a breath test, police said.

The Albany man allegedly crashed a 2011 Buick Regal into a utility pole at the corner of Oneida and Catherine streets at 2:05 a.m., and fled the scene, according to police. The car was equipped with OnStar, and a system dispatcher reported the crash, police said.

Officers arrived at the crash site, where witnesses said that Medina had run toward Slingerland Street, police said. Police arrested the man, whose age was not available, across from Bishop Maginn High School.

Medina refused to take a sobriety test. Police said a Breathalyzer that he later submitted to registered his alcohol blood content at above 0.18 percent, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08. Medina was arraigned in Albany City Court.

-- Dennis Yusko