New York Daily News

‘Aggressive driving’ in Qns. principal DWI

- Thomas Tracy

A city school principal was arrested for drunken driving after cops spotted him “driving aggressive­ly” in Queens, authoritie­s said Saturday.

Louis Pavone, the principal of Public School 78 in Long Island City, was pulled over by police about 9:50 p.m. Friday after he was seen trying to pass another car on 24th Ave., cops said.

He veered into oncoming traffic — speeding and driving over a double yellow line — as he tried to jump ahead of the other car, police said.

The two officers who spotted the dangerous maneuver pulled Pavone over, and quickly learned that he was intoxicate­d, officials said.

After failing a Breathalyz­er test, Pavone, 59, was charged with drunken driving and disobeying a traffic device.

His arraignmen­t was pending in Queens Criminal Court on Saturday.

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