{"id":20035,"date":"2012-08-25T11:19:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T18:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=20035"},"modified":"2012-08-30T16:40:56","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T23:40:56","slug":"driver-falls-asleep-at-wheel-shears-hydrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/08\/25\/driver-falls-asleep-at-wheel-shears-hydrant\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver falls asleep at wheel, shears hydrant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hydrant-crash-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20036\" title=\"hydrant crash 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hydrant-crash-1-1024x744.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hydrant-crash-1-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hydrant-crash-1-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hydrant-crash-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20038\" title=\"hydrant crash 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hydrant-crash-3-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hydrant-crash-3-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hydrant-crash-3.jpg 578w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>LANCASTER \u2013 A driver dozed off at the wheel Saturday morning and crashed into a fire hydrant, setting off a large geyser of water that flooded 20<sup>th<\/sup> street west, just north of Avenue J, for more than an hour, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The non-injury collision happened around 8:15 a.m., said deputy Thorne of the Lancaster Station.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of a burgundy Chevy Cavalier was headed north on 20<sup>th<\/sup> Street West, and he had just crossed the intersection at Avenue J when the collision happened, witnesses said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hydrant-crash-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20037\" title=\"hydrant crash 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hydrant-crash-2-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hydrant-crash-2-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/hydrant-crash-2.jpg 471w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u201cI just seen him swerving to the side, and then bam! He hit the water hydrant,\u201d said Juan. \u201cI went to see if he was okay and he was walking, so he was alright\u2026 he said \u2018I fell asleep.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Thorne said crews managed to shut off the water around 9:21 a.m., but he estimates around 600,000 gallons of water flowed into the street before the valves were shut off.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists were directed away from 20<sup>th<\/sup> Street West for about an hour as crews worked to clean up the mess.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER \u2013 A driver dozed off at the wheel Saturday morning and crashed into a fire hydrant, setting off a large geyser of water that flooded 20th street west, just north of Avenue J, for more than an hour, authorities said. The non-injury collision happened around 8:15 a.m., said deputy Thorne of the Lancaster Station. 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