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Sleepy Driver Goes Off Highway 49 Near Sweetland Rd.

Posted: Oct. 29, 2012 4:38 PM PST

A driver near North San Juan could not hold his eyes open, before he ran off the road and overturned. CHP Public Information Officer Marc Morrison says the accident happened on Highway 49 near Sweetland Road Sunday afternoon. Officer Morrison says the 81 year old man from Goodyear’s Bar ran off the road when the driver fell asleep.
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The driver was taken to Sierra Nevada Hospital for treatment of non life threatening injures. The accident remains under investigation.

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