Police: Drunken Driver Nearly Hits Oncoming Car

followed a car on Oak Forest Avenue this week, police said, after the driver was seen crossing into oncoming lanes of traffic.

Anthony J. Clementi, 53, of Crestwood, was arrested around 9:50 p.m. Monday in the 16700 block of Oak Forest Avenue in . Cops pulled him over after watching him swerve over the lane line, causing "a near collision with another vehicle" that was heading the opposite direction, they said.

"(The officer) spoke with the driver … and requested his driver's license and insurance information," the report said. "Clementi looked in his wallet for two to three minutes for his identification and would put it back on his lap as if he forgot what he was looking for."

When the cop was going back to his unmarked squad car, he saw a 12-ounce Budweiser beer can on the driver's side floorboard, he said. Clementi told him he'd had four beers throughout the course of the day, according to police.

After failing field sobriety tests, police said, Clementi was arrested and taken to the where he refused to take a Breathalyzer test. He was charged with illegal lane usage, driving under the influence of alcohol and illegal transportation of alcohol.

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