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Wow, a lot of river rescue stories today. Is there something in the water? Ha, get it? Never mind…

Police say the babies’ 30-year-old mother mistakenly put the car into either neutral or drive before stepping out of the vehicle after she parked it Monday afternoon at Dowling College in Oakdale. The car then began rolling downhill toward the Connetquot River.

The babies’ mother, Coleen Charles, screamed for help as she chased the vehicle into the river. Charles pulled her 11-month-old babies through the windows of the car and passed them to a student and security guard who came to her aid.

A man was arrested for driving while intoxicated, and to add insult to injury, he had his infant child in the back seat at the time.

The driver, Noe L. Sarmiento of Montauk, was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, police said, after he refused a breathalyzer test.

Police said Sarmiento was charged with a misdemeanor because it was his first offense. Sarmiento also was charged with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child.

Police said they stopped Sarmiento at 11:19 p.m. Sunday on Montauk Highway and Windmill Lane in Water Mill. They said his infant son was in the rear seat of the car.

A 7-year-old from Long Island, New York is in a coma after being struck by a car after he had made a purchase from an ice cream truck. We had a near miss ourselves as kids chasing after those siren song chimes, so we know how this can happen.

Javier Reyes remains in critical condition at Stony Brook University Medical Center.

The boy’s stepfather tells Newsday in Monday editions that doctors noted the boy’s brain was swelling and that they intended to keep him sedated for 48 to 72 more hours.

The stepfather says Reyes was at his East Patchogue home Sunday when he ran out the door to chase after the ice cream truck before his mother could stop him. He was struck as he stepped from behind the truck. Police say it was an accident.

Police called to the scene of a domestic disturbance on Sunday found a grizzly scene — the three young children that lived in the apartment were found dead and lying in the same bed. Medical examiners are still trying to determine cause of death, but one of the officers present described it as “disturbing”, so perhaps we can do without the brutal details.

Officers were met at the two-story home by a woman who directed them to a top-floor apartment, where they found the children, Jewell Ward, 6, Michael Demesyeux, 5, and Innocent Demesyeux, 1. The 27-year-old single mother, [Leatrice Brewer] , wasn’t home but was found later, said police, who wouldn’t reveal where they arrested her.

Neighbors said Brewer, who cared for the children alone, had been overwhelmed. One neighbor, Cornisha Robinson, said she saw her last week pushing an empty stroller in the street and wondered where the children were.

“She neglected them,” Robinson said. “She used to leave them in the house all the time by themselves.”

But relatives and friends said Brewer loved the children, whom they called “wonderful.” They asked people to pray for her.