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Driver charged with DWI after car goes down embankment, gets stuck in mud in Hunterdon County
READINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (Hunterdon County) – A Union County man was charged with DWI after police found his vehicle down an embankment and stuck in the mud Sunday morning in Readington Township.
On April 10, at around 12:50 a.m., police responded to Halls Mill Road for a motor vehicle accident, police said.
Upon arrival, officers observed a vehicle down an embankment and stuck in the mud. The driver, who was identified as Jose Escaleira, 46, of Clark, was then arrest for driving while intoxicated, police said.
Escaleira was issued a summons for DWI, refusal to submit to breath test, failure to report an accident, careless driving, and failure to maintain lane.
