COLONIE -- A Mr. Ding A Ling driver with empty beer cans in his ice cream truck was charged with drunken driving on Tuesday afternoon, Colonie police said.

Thomas Powers, 51, of West Sunnyside Way in Troy, was driving his 1973 white ice cream truck along Route 9 when police stopped him at Sherwood Drive and Watervliet Shaker Road. In addition to ice cream sandwiches and Popsicles, Powers had two empty and three unopened cans of beers in the truck. Police said Powers was also slurring his speech, had poor coordination and smelled of alcohol.