Driver asleep in SUV blocks highway lane, then leaves


A driver was asleep in an SUV blocking a highway lane, causing traffic to back up. The driver eventually woke up and drove away, possibly entering city streets.
Audio|Source: CHP Central Division, Fresno & Merced Dispatch Centers
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00:00vehicle we're getting multiple calls northbound 41 just south of herndon for a vehicle blocking and slowly port to mary they advise to say gray and blackboard SUV the male driver looks like he's asleep his head is tilting back and his mouth is open and traffic is backing up he is blocking his slowing00:34I'm going to start a requirement on precaution.00:47103-1-198 just listed a 43.00:49It's going to be a white Hyundai, four-door, mail driver, swerving with near misses, heading vehicles off, all over the roadway at time.00:56The second has a plate of eight, John John Lincoln, 932, and that does return clear to a 2017 Hyundai.01:04Found on the 198, just left of 43.01:07There is no further on this.01:08Fresno is Claire.01:34We had another caller advising that the vehicle has went on its way.01:38The driver woke up and took off.01:46Before America, if you still in New York, 941?01:50Yeah, a lot of the caller study was on the off ramp, so we're thinking he woke up and took off and went on to the city streets, so we're calling PD as well.
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vehicle we're getting multiple calls northbound 41 just south of herndon for a vehicle blocking and slowly port to mary they advise to say gray and blackboard SUV the male driver looks like he's asleep his head is tilting back and his mouth is open and traffic is backing up he is blocking his slowing
00:34
I'm going to start a requirement on precaution.
00:47
103-1-198 just listed a 43.
00:49
It's going to be a white Hyundai, four-door, mail driver, swerving with near misses, heading vehicles off, all over the roadway at time.
00:56
The second has a plate of eight, John John Lincoln, 932, and that does return clear to a 2017 Hyundai.
01:04
Found on the 198, just left of 43.
01:07
There is no further on this.
01:08
Fresno is Claire.
01:34
We had another caller advising that the vehicle has went on its way.
01:38
The driver woke up and took off.
01:46
Before America, if you still in New York, 941?
01:50
Yeah, a lot of the caller study was on the off ramp, so we're thinking he woke up and took off and went on to the city streets, so we're calling PD as well.
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CA-41, California
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