BOSTON -- It was a four-car crash in the middle of the night in downtown Boston last December. But it was no ordinary car crash.

NewsCenter 5's Janet Wu reported Wednesday that the man who admitted he caused the accident is a local politician -- a former Cambridge mayor who has big aspirations. The people inside the three cars that were smashed into all think that he was driving drunk -- even though the politician has never been charged.

It is the second time that William Jones, Ed Prisby and Peter met. The first time was nearly two months ago when they happened to be lined up the intersection of Congress and High Streets in Boston, waiting for the light to turn green. It was Dec. 18, at 2 a.m., and it was quiet.

"When you're sitting at a red light, and you hear it coming, you're just waiting for it to come," taxi driver William Jones said.

Jones' cab was the closest to the light and the last vehicle to be hit. Jones said that his car was pushed 10 feet into the intersection.

Ed Prisby was in the car behind Jones.

"Out of the corner of my left eye, I see a car start to move away. You could see the damage, and I knew it was the guy who caused the accident," Prisby said.

The third car was driven by Peter, who does not want to be identified for reasons unconnected to this story.

"I actually ran up to the car, opened the door, and said, 'What are you doing? Get out of the car,'" Peter said. "He responded with very slurred speech. He said 'I'm just going to go,'" Peter said.

"My observation was he was extremely intoxicated," Prisby said. "He had difficulty walking. He had slurred speech, and he smelled like it. Yeah, you could smell (the liquor)."

Anthony Galluccio, a former mayor of Cambridge, seven-term city councilor and currently the only candidate running to replace Jarrett Barrios as state senator, admitted that he caused the accident.

"I actually hit a patch of black ice, and I rear-ended somebody," Galluccio said.

"We were told that it was a clear night. There was no ice out there. The weather was very good, and three of the people that we spoke with and did interviews with said that you were heavily intoxicated," Wu said.

"That's absolutely not true," Galluccio said.

"He was heavily intoxicated," Jones said. "Just being in the cab business, I deal with them all the time."

"They said that they could smell the alcohol on your breath. They could tell by the way you were talking and by the way you were walking," Wu said.

"That's absolutely not true. In fact, I was hit by the airbag," Galluccio said.

"Had you been drinking at all that night?" Wu said.

"No," Galluccio said.

"You never had a drink that night?" Wu said.

"No, that's not true," Galluccio said.

Galluccio insisted that his disorientation was due to the airbag and nothing more. He does not dispute that he was pulled from the car and his keys were taken away.

In fact, the police report has no mention of intoxication and blames the accident on Galluccio for "starting, stopping or turning unsafely." The fine was $50.

"I got that report from the counter and was walking away as I read it. I stopped and went back and said, 'Is there another report?'" Prisby said. "I couldn't believe it."

"For him not to be charged with drinking and driving, it's preposterous. It's ridiculous," Jones said.

In fact, Prisby said that when the police arrived, Galluccio was sitting in an ambulance.

"We begged the guy. 'Go see him because he's drunk.' We were begging him," Prisby said.

"You said this to the police officer ?" Wu said.

"Oh, absolutely," Prisby said.

Galluccio denies that he ever asked anyone to cover up the accident.

"Is there a system that protects people in any sort of office, and letting them get back in the car again, letting them drive again, potentially, letting them get into an accident again?" Peter said. "Is this the type of person that you and I would want representing us? I think that's a question for the people of Cambridge."

"I feel badly about the accident. But I do think that there are, clearly, there is a desire to try to make more of this than there is, and that's unfortunate," Galluccio said.

Boston Police said that Galluccio was never interviewed nor given a breathalyzer by the officer at the scene. NewsCenter 5 was not allowed to speak to that officer because the department said it is now reopening the investigation into the 2-month-old accident following NewsCenter 5's inquires.

Meanwhile, Galluccio is the only candidate that is running for the open Cambridge Senate seat.