Billy Joel Fan Charged With DWI After Leaving Accident Scene: Police

A New Jersey woman who apparently had just left a Billy Joel concert was charged early Sunday with driving while intoxicated after police say she was stopped for leaving the scene of an accident.

Alison Cantor, 42, of Short Hills, was driving a Mercedes Benz sedan on Varick Street in Manhattan at about 12:30 a.m. when it rear ended a Mercedes Benz station wagon, investigators said.

Port Authority police stationed at the Holland Tunnel said they saw the accident and watched as someone got out of the sedan, assessed the damage and returned to the car. The officers instructed Cantor to remain at the scene, but she drove off into the tunnel toward New Jersey, they said.

The officers caught up with Cantor in Jersey City. They detected the odor of alcohol and Cantor told them she had just left the Billy Joel concert and had had a few drinks during the show, investigators said. She failed a field sobriety test and a Breathalyzer test, they said.

In addition to DWI, Cantor was charged with reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. It was unclear whether she had obtained a lawyer who could comment on the charges.

The 54-year-old driver of the other Mercedes refused any medical treatment, police said. 

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