STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Authorities allege that a 57-year-old man was drunk and caught with heroin and alcohol in his car after fleeing the scene of a crash that injured two NYPD officers in Grant City last week.

One officer suffered pain in his legs when he was pinned against the outside of a patrol car and a second officer sustained a minor concussion while seated inside the same police vehicle when it was struck on the night of Feb. 7 on South Railroad and Hamden avenues, according to the criminal complaint.

Minutes after the crash and about two miles away, Tino Zaldivar of the 1600 block of Richmond Road in Dongan Hills, was apprehended while driving a white, 2024 Jeep Compass at North Railroad and Mosel avenues in Grasmere, police said.

Zaldivar allegedly had on his person two plastic zipper bags containing heroin in the form of a tan powder. While searching the Jeep, officers allege they found two bottles of rum on the front passenger floor of the vehicle; one of the bottles was open and half full while the other was empty.

“The defendant operated said white Jeep while intoxicated by alcohol, in that informant observed the defendant exhibit indications of intoxicat[ion] including but not limited to, a strong odor of alcoholic beverage on the defendant’s breath and bloodshot eyes,” the complaint alleges.

The crash occurred at about 9:50 p.m. on that Wednesday when the marked patrol car was parked with one of the officers behind the wheel. A second officer had stepped out of the police car when the Jeep sideswiped the NYPD vehicle, the complaint alleges.

The left and front sides of the Jeep struck that officer’s legs and twisted, dented and tore both passenger doors on the patrol car, according to the complaint.

Zaldivar allegedly drove away in the Jeep, which was dinged with dents, scratches and black marks on the left and front sides. The defendant did not exchange any information about his identification or insurance and failed to retrieve the front license plate that fell off the Jeep, the complaint alleges.

When police located the suspect, the Jeep’s back license plate matched the front plate found at the scene, according to the complaint.

Police said that both officers were taken to an area hospital after the crash.

Zaldivar has been charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, leaving the scene of an accident, reckless endangerment of property, driving while intoxicated, driving while ability impaired by the consumption of alcohol and leaving the scene of an accident.

He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and is due back in Criminal Court on April 3.

Online court records do not list any information about the defendant’s bail status or his defense attorney.

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