An off-duty veteran cop was collared Tuesday for taking off after rear-ending another car in Queens while he was drunk, police said.
Ankur Joshi, 35, crashed his
vehicle at Steinway St. and 25th Ave. in Astoria around 5:25 a.m., just five
blocks from the 114th Precinct stationhouse where he works, police sources
said.
The driver of the other car suffered
minor neck and back injuries, police said.
He was arrested more than six
hours later at his home, sources said. He refused to take a Breathalyzer and
was charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an
accident, police said.
Joshi, who has been on the
force since March 2000 and was paid a salary of $76,488 last year, was
suspended for 30 days without pay, police sources said.