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Sleepy driver causes head-on crash
Updated: Monday, 20 Feb 2012, 3:46 PM EST
Published : Monday, 20 Feb 2012, 2:37 PM EST
NOBLE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A 20-year-old Fort Wayne man was hospitalized Monday morning after a head-on crash in Noble County.
According to Indiana State Trooper Justin Snyder, Austin Erler was driving south on U.S. 33, around 8:40 a.m. near County Road 50 West in southern Noble County. Erler’s vehicle crossed the center line and hit a van driven by Robert Morse, 42, from Fort Wayne.
Police believe Erler fell asleep just before the crash. Erler was taken to Parkview Hospital with a fractured right leg. Morse was not injured.
Erler was cited for driving left of center.
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