World trade centre barrier hit by a drunk driver. N.J

A security barrier outside One World Trade Center meant to prevent vehicles from striking the building stopped a boozed up New Jersey motorist in his tracks, officials said Saturday.

Paul Cederdahl, 47, of Red Bank, N.J., was facing drunken driving charges after he slammed into a barrier outside the
World Trade Center site at Church and Fulton streets about 1:30 p.m. Friday, Port Authority Police said.

Port Authority Police Officer Henri Portner responded and found a black Volvo with Indiana license plates crumpled into a barrier.


An apparently intoxicated Cederdahl, swaying and unable to stand, was trying to get out of the car. A bottle of Svedka Vodka was sitting on the passenger seat, Port Authority Police Department spokesman Joe Pentangelo said.

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Cederdahl, 47, refused to take a Breathalyzer test but admitted to "having a problem with alcohol," a Port Authority Police spokesman said.
Cederdahl refused to take a Breathalyzer test but admitted to "having a problem with alcohol," Pentangelo said.

He had been arrested for drunken driving once before, officials said.