Driver falls asleep at the wheel, hits 2 buildings, police say

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A driver fell asleep at the wheel, ran off the road and crashed into two apartment buildings Monday morning in University City, police say.

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Officers said the driver hit the corner of one apartment building then the SUV veered off and slammed into the second building on Graduate Lane. The SUV finally stopped inside the bedroom of a second apartment.

People who live in the first building are allowed to stay there, but people who live in the second apartment building have been forced to leave.

The driver who fell asleep at the wheel is a delivery driver for a company called Insomnia Cookies, according to police. Drivers make their deliveries until 3 a.m.

The driver wasn’t seriously hurt and no one inside the buildings was hurt either.

It took crews more than an hour to pull the SUV out of the building and patch it up with a tarp.

Channel 9 has contacted police to ask if the driver will face any charges.

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