Crime & Safety
Sleeping Driver Flips Car at University Village
A man driving through the Village said he fell asleep before crashing his car. Watch a video here of the tow truck turning the vehicle onto its wheels.
A young man driving through fell asleep at the wheel, said police, plowed through a patch of lavender and flipped his car onto the driver's side early Saturday.
The man was alone in the car and managed to climb out, uninjured, through his sun roof, authorities said.
The driver, who was heading north on Jackson Street at Monroe Street, managed to drive up a small tree and turn his car on its side, said Sgt. Chris Olivet of the University of California Police Department.
Find out what's happening in Albanywith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Albany police and firefighters also responded to the scene.
There was no indication that drugs or alcohol were factors in the wreck, said police.
Find out what's happening in Albanywith free, real-time updates from Patch.
The car apparently knocked down a signpost at the Village, but no other vehicles were affected.
Police called a tow truck to pull the car back onto its wheels.
Everybody makes mistakes ... ! If there's something in this article you think should be corrected, or if something else is amiss, call editor Emilie Raguso at 510-459-8325 or email her at emilier@patch.com.
