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At 9:50 p.m., an officer observed a 2010 white Ford 150 pickup truck driven by Juan Mendez-Alvarado nearly collide with a street sign while making a right turn from Kennedy Boulevard onto Hillside Place, North Bergen police said.
The vehicle proceeded at a slow place, nearly hitting a parked car and the brick facade of a nearby house, police said. Mendez-Alvarado attempted to park in a designated police parking area and in the process, struck a large metal dumpster, pushing it forward, authorities said. Mendez-Alvarado accelerated, striking the dumpster again and then reversed his truck and came to a stop, police said.
Officers noticed Mendez-Alvarado had slurred speech and had the odor of alcohol from his breath, police said. While attempting a field sobriety test, Mendez-Alvarado nearly fell onto the officer providing instructions, police said.
Mendez-Alvarado was charged with driving while intoxicated and refusal to submit to a breathalyzer test, police said
There was no damage to the dumpster, police said.
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