A tired driver who fell asleep at the wheel has had a very lucky escape after crashing their vehicle.
Officers responded to the incident in Devizes after the driver, who was said to have a busy new years, crashed and overturned their car.
The occupant sustained minor injuries and there was nobody else involved in the incident.
A roadside breathalyser test revealed the driver had not been drinking and the cause of the collision was tiredness.
A Wiltshire Specialist Operations spokesperson said: "The dangers of driving tired have become abundantly clear to this Devizes motorist, who fell asleep driving home after a busy new years’. Very minor injury, zero on the breath box. Nobody else involved."
The dangers of driving tired have become abundantly clear to this Devizes motorist, who fell asleep driving home after a busy new years’.
— Wilts Specialist Ops (@WiltsSpecOps) January 1, 2025
Very minor injury, zero on the breath box. Nobody else involved. pic.twitter.com/Ux06Zcp4dY
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