One was asleep at the wheel. Another hit a pole.

They were just two of four individuals who were charged with driving while intoxicated over the course of six hours on Sunday in Hoboken, a number higher than usual for a single day in the city, said Chief Kenneth Ferrante. There were a total of five throughout the weekend.

Hoboken has lots of places to drink, and the activity spikes from Labor Day through December, Ferrante said. Still, four DWIs in a single evening was unusual, he said.

“It showed people were out watching the games and were careless and reckless,” Ferrante said. “They’re not planning safe ways to get home.”

Meghan Gorman, 40, of Jersey City, was the first of the five arrestees and was the only Hudson County resident. At 1:55 a.m. Saturday she fled the scene where police were attempting to perform a sobriety test; and later she tried to escape handcuffs and kicked a police officer, police said.

Next was Ryan Dougan, 26, who was involved in a hit and run crash Sunday at 5:51 p.m., Ferrante said. He was seen traveling south on Garden Street from Fourth Street.

Sunny Patel, 28, was found asleep in his running car in a westbound lane of Observer Highway, Ferrante said. He had twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system, Ferrante said.

Russell Smith, 27, crashed into a pole at the Second Street Light Rail Station. When police were speaking to him they found him swaying and he had bloodshot eyes. Smith was not injured in the crash, but he too had double the legal limit of alcohol in his body, Ferrante said.

And police found Karen Leoncio-Hernandez, 26, outside her SUV that was lying on its side on Observer Highway late Sunday night. She told police she was cut off by another vehicle and drove into a parked vehicle, causing her SUV to tip over.

Sgt. Ed Sellick made his second DWI arrest of the night after detecting the odor of alcohol and noticing Leoncio-Hernandez’s eyes were red, Ferrante said.

“Sgt. Sellick, who was on two of these scenes, is one of the top trained DWI officers in the county,” Ferrante said. “He’s out there as a night traffic officer because of what we have on our streets. We always get involved in the DWI initiatives.

"Any grant money we’re able to get to add to our DWI enforcement ‘drive sober pull over’ campaigns we get involved.”

Having intoxicated drivers from out of state was typical, Ferrante said. It’s important that people make their transportation plans ahead of time, he said, and luckily, none of the five drivers caused injuries.

“We want people to use designated drivers, use car services, use public transportation,” Ferrante said. “DWIs are not going to be tolerated, and we’re going to be very aggressive in our detection and our arrests.”