A 19-year-old man appears to have been uninjured after his car went down an embankment off of Buttery Road at about 3 a.m. Sunday, police said.
New Canaan police gave this account (containing accusations not proven in court) of the incident:
Police were called at 3:12 a.m., and when they got to the scene, the driver was seen standing outside the vehicle in the woods.
The driver appeared to be under the influence of alcohol, so field sobriety tests were administered. He didn’t pass them. He refused a blood-alcohol test at New Canaan Police Headquarters.
The man, a resident of Fairfield, NJ, was charged with driving under the influence and third-degree forgery. The forgery charge was for carrying a forged Connecticut driver’s license.
The teenager told police he had left a friend’s home in New Canaan to get cigarettes and was on his way back when he lost control of the vehicle.
The man was later released on $250 bond and is is scheduled to appear Aug. 27 in state Superior Court in Norwalk.