Bavaria: nodded off at the wheel: truck comes off the road on the A73

Hirschaid (dpa / lby) - Microsleep with consequences: A 22-year-old truck driver left the road on the A73 to the right and tore several parts of the guardrail. According to his own statements, the man nodded off briefly at the wheel on Sunday morning, the police said on Monday. By drifting near Hirschaid (Bamberg district), he damaged 20 sections of the crash barrier and landed on the embankment. The 22-year-old was unharmed. The police estimate the damage at around 60,000 euros. The officials secured the driver's license, who now has to answer on suspicion of endangering road traffic.