A 22-year-old New City woman found asleep behind the wheel of a car stopped at a New City intersection Friday night was charged with drunken driving, according to .
Police said that at about 8 p.m. they were called about a possible disabled vehicle at North Little Tor Road and Phillips Hill Road in New City. When town officers arrived they said they found Rija Zaman in a 2010 Hyundai, which was stopped at an intersection with the engine running.
Zaman, police said, was asleep at the wheel when they found her. Zaman was awakened and police said she was then given a field sobriety test, which she failed. She was taken to Clarkstown police headquarters in New City, where police said she failed a chemical breath test for alcohol.
Zaman was charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, and driving without a license, a violation, and later released pending an April 25 hearing in Clarkstown Town Court in New City.
