New York Daily News

Bx. ambulance crash, DWI rap for NYPD cadet

- Laura Dimon and John Annese

AN NYPD cadet crashed into a ambulance Sunday after taking a drunken, wrong-way drive in the Bronx, then tried to flee the scene, cops said.

Olano Gayle, 21, was giving his friends a ride in a 2006 Audi when he drove the wrong way down the Grand Concourse in the South Bronx about 2:30 a.m.

Gayle crashed into an ambulance near E. 156th St., kept going — still headed the wrong way — and was pulled over by cops.

He was charged with driving while intoxicate­d and leaving the scene of an accident. His status with the cadet program wasn’t immediatel­y known, but the arrest doesn’t bode well for his future with the NYPD, a cop source said.

In a separate incident, off-duty NYPD Sgt. William Shaleesh was charged with driving while intoxicate­d after crashing into a parked car on E. 34th St. near Avenue U in Marine Park, Brooklyn just after 2 a.m. Sunday, police said. He’s been suspended without pay.

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