Driver Escapes Injury After Falling Asleep, Crashing Truck
Aug. 26, 2016
A 66-year-old Northport man escaped injury after falling asleep at the wheel and driving his pick-up truck off the road in Suttons Bay Township.
Leelanau County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the single-vehicle accident Wednesday at 4:28pm on Macksey Road south of Hanson Road. Deputies found a 2010 Chevrolet pick-up truck that had driven off the road and into a tree. The man explained to deputies he had been traveling northbound on Macksey Road when he fell asleep and drove off the roadway. The driver was uninjured in the crash.
Photo credit: Leelanau County Sheriff's Office
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