A drunken and belligerent reporter for the New York Daily News was arrested on Thursday for allegedly sneaking into the hospital room of a teenager and then fleeing the scene, sources said.

Aaron Showalter, 41, was charged with criminal trespass, driving while intoxicated and a slew of other crimes after the chaotic scene that unfolded at Long Island Jewish Hospital in Queens, according to police sources.

The reporter initially entered the pediatric intensive care unit by presenting himself as a “friend of the family” and began to question the boy’s family, the sources said.

The ailing teen was recovering after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Jamaica, Queens on Wednesday.

The teen’s family then asked Showalter who he was and he admitted to being a reporter for the Daily News.

When hospital security arrived and asked to see the reporter’s ID — he took off running, the sources said.

Showalter dashed to the parking lot and hopped into his car in an attempt to escape, leading to a wild chase.

“He was driving like a crazy person,” one police source told The Post.

Meanwhile, the hospital called 911 and a police commander from a local precinct happened to be at the hospital and responded to the scene.

The commander then blocked the exit to the parking lot and asked Showalter to exit the vehicle.

“What did I do?” Showalter asked the commander, according to the sources.

The reporter smelled of alcohol and was acting belligerent.

When the commander searched his car he found a half-empty bottle of Taaka vodka, sources said.

He was taken to the 112th Precinct Station house where he submitted to a breathalyzer test. Sources said Showalter blew a .1 which is over the legal limit.

He was then taken to the 105th Precinct station house where he was charged criminal trespass, reckless driving, reckless endangerment, driving while intoxicated, driving with a suspended license and having an invalid license plate, according to police sources.

“There’s no way this guy is getting his press pass back,” a police source said.

The head of the news department at the Daily News said they were taking the incident very seriously.

“The allegations, as they have been conveyed to me, seriously violate the standards of the Daily News,” Robert Moore said.

“The conduct attributed to our freelance reporter is under review.”