Assemblyman Brian Kolb put the blame on his wife moments after he drunkenly drove his car into a ditch on New Year’s Eve, telling a tow truck driver, “My wife was driving! … You know how women drive,” according to newly released court documents.

Kolb allegedly made the comments to a AAA employee who was initially called to the scene of the crash on County Road 41 in the Ontario County town of Victor near Kolb’s home.

Employee Michael Scoville does not name Kolb in his sworn witness statement, but said that when he arrived at the scene, he found Kolb’s 2018 GMC Acadia “down in the ditch, backed into the guide wire of a telephone pole.”

Scoville said he saw the driver’s door open “and a white male was leaning into the vehicle.”

“I saw the vehicle was running. The male stood up and put his hands up and said ‘My wife was driving!’ he then said ‘You know how women drive,’” Scoville said in the sworn statement, adding that the man then said “his wife was up in the house.”

The AAA tow truck worker then called the cops.

According to court documents, police arrested Kolb after they found him with “glassy bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his breath, unsteady on his feet, and an oral admission of operating the motor vehicle.”

Kolb admitted to cops that he had four or five cocktails at the Erie Grill in Pittsford about 10 miles away and that he drove his state-issued vehicle from the American-style restaurant to where he crashed, the court papers say.

The documents state that Kolb showed “significant signs of intoxication after a series of field test that were administered roadside” before he was busted on a DWI charge.

Testing showed Kolb with a blood alcohol level of .16 — twice the legal limit of .08, according to the court papers, which say Kolb had made a left turn into a driveway and slid off the edge down an embankment.

An arrest report from the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office, obtained by The Post through a Freedom of Information Law request, says Kolb was in the driver’s seat of the vehicle when officers arrived and was described as being “unsteady on his feet as he exited.”

Kolb is due in Victor Town Court on Thursday for his arraignment.

The 67-year-old politician announced his resignation as Assembly minority leader last week and said he is seeking “professional help” following the arrest.

The Assembly GOP is slated to vote on a new minority leader Tuesday afternoon.

Kolb has served in the Assembly since 2000 and was elected minority leader in 2009.