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Sleeping drivers behind wheel of two separate Huron County accidents

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In Huron County,  two separate accidents occurred on Wednesday, October 19 after both drivers fell asleep behind the wheel.
The first accident occurred some time after 6:30 a.m., with the driver of the vehicle telling responding deputies that he had only “closed his eyes for a moment” as he drove south on Pinnebog Road. This moment resulted in the 27-year-old Fillion man driving his 2003 Pontiac Vibe through the intersection’s stop sign to cross Van Dyke Road and into a ditch.
Chuck’s Towing retrieved the vehicle from the ditch, with the Fillion man being able to drive it despite damage to the car.
Almost 12 hours later, around 5:30 p.m., the Huron County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the second accident on South Ruth Road. This time, a 62-year-old Applegate man had been driving south in his 2020 Chevrolet Silverado near Munford Road when he fell asleep at the wheel, driving off the left side of the road and into a mailbox, then an embankment, then a ditch, before the vehicle came to rest.
While the man was transported via East Huron Ambulance to Harbor Beach Hospital, the car was towed to Top of the Hill Collision, Inc. The Sherman Fire Department assisted deputies at the scene.

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