Sleepy Driver
Hiroichi Ohta, young Fukuoka truck driver who suffers from insomnia, drank a sleeping potion, and went to sleep in broad daylight at the wheel. His truck ran on to the pavement, knocked down two telegraph poles and crashed to a standstill in a barber shop. They found Ohta still at the wheel, snoring and unhurt.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 53, 14 February 1949, Page 3
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57Sleepy Driver Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 53, 14 February 1949, Page 3
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