A former Minneapolis city council member is accused of crashing her car while under the influence of alcohol outside City Hall late Tuesday night.

Alondra Espejel, née Cano, has been charged with one count each of third-degree DWI — refusal to submit breath test and fourth-degree DWI — operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, according to court documents filed in Hennepin County.

Charges say officers were dispatched to a crash at 315 4th Street South at approximately 11:14 p.m. A woman told police she had been parked in her vehicle when she was struck by a Honda CR-V. The driver of the Honda, later identified as Espejel, remained in her car and refused to identify herself to another officer.

Espejel was recording the police officer and attempted to put her vehicle in dr

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