What started as a peaceful sleep has become a nightmare for one man, who drove into a petrol station in Sydney’s north on Sunday morning.
The man was filmed about 5am outside a Caltex in Manly, where he had reportedly been dozing in his car which was parked in a disabled spot out the front.
A witness told Daily Mail Australia he had arrived moments after the crash, and was told by the attendant the sleepy driver had gone to leave the parking lot before driving straight into the wall.
When the witness went outside to ensure the man wasn’t injured, he found him sleeping peacefully, hands in his lap and seat belt fastened.
A man crashed into the Caltex service station at Manly early on Sunday morning (pictured)
A witness who arrived moments after the collision opened the car door, only to find the man behind the wheel fast asleep
‘He was completely asleep, so I woke him up and he tried to drive off again, then he shut the door on me and fell straight back to sleep,’ the witness, who has asked not to be named, said.
‘It was so funny because it was such a hectic situation but he was so relaxed – he looked so peaceful.’
When the door to the Mercedes was opened by the concerned onlooker, he said lights on the dashboard were flashing, and the car looked badly damaged.
The car, a Mercedes C63 worth about $170,000, was still running when the door to the car was opened.
A spokesman from NSW Police told Daily Mail Australia officers were called about 5am on Sunday to a male sleeping in his vehicle, which had made contact with the building.
No arrests were made as the man passed a breath test, and no serious damage was done to the building.
A worker at the Caltex station said the man did not appear to be drunk at the time, and they believed he may have been suffering from a medical episode.
The car appeared to be badly damaged, but the service station was not. The man passed a breath test and was not arrested