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Two accidents on the same day in the Culpeper area have been blamed on drowsy driving. Both drivers were lucky; despite falling asleep behind the wheel neither one was seriously injured nor did they harm any other motorists or pedestrians.
The first car crash happened when Michael Crews, of Elkwood, was driving north on U.S. 29. Crews apparently fell asleep and his Toyota Tacoma pickup truck drifted off of the highway and crashed into a tractor trailer. The large truck was parked on the shoulder of 29 waiting to be fixed after it had broken down.
The crash happened about 500 feet south of the Rt. 3 overpass. Crews was the only occupant of the Toyota, and was not badly injured in the crash. The Tacoma truck, however, was completely totaled. The semi-truck driver, a logging truck, was not seriously injured either. Crews was cited by Culpeper police for reckless driving as a result of the incident.
The second accident happened not long after the first, this time on U.S. 15 according to Virginia State Police. A driver, who has not been identified, allegedly fell asleep behind the wheel. This caused the vehicle he or she was driving to veer of the road and crash into an embankment. The collision happened a little south of the Madison and Culpeper county line.
No word on whether or not charges were filed in the second case.
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