'Asleep at the wheel'

CHEVIOT - Sleep deprived drivers are coming to grief on the State Highway 1 near Cheviot. A 22 year-old man had a lucky escape near town as he was driving south to Christchurch after crossing from Wellington on a ferry. Constable Al Riley said the man lost control at a corner and nose dived into a ditch and flipped. He walked away unscathed.