Video shows alleged drunk driver speeding on sidewalk in New Jersey

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NEW JERSEY — Video from WABC-TV shows an alleged drunk driver going out of control and onto a sidewalk in New Jersey.

The incident happened the night of Feb. 9th in Jersey City.

In the video obtained by WABC-TV, a Ford Taurus is seen veering off Ocean Avenue and onto the sidewalk, missing a man by inches.

It then mows down a light pole and goes across a street into a heap of destruction.

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"It sounded like an explosion, like two trucks had collided," witness Roxy Mumford told WABC-TV.

Police identify the driver as 47-year-old John Wilson. They say he was driving drunk when he lost control of the car. Police charged him with multiple crimes.

Information from WABC-TV was used in this report