By Gary Meyer, TME

The driver of a runaway pickup truck told California Highway Patrol officers that he was tired and “must have fallen asleep” as his vehicle mowed down a “Frazier Mtn Pk Rd” street sign and plunged over a steep embankment. We reported the incident online at www.MountainEnterprise.com as ‘Breaking News,’ but here’s the rest of the story…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Clockwise from top-left: A Chevy Silverado at the bottom of a steep embankment heading into the Cuddy Creek neighborhood after crossing Frazier Mountain Park Road from Mt. Pinos Way (west).The pickup ran over a street sign as it blew through the stop at the intersection; the line of travel from Mt. Pinos Way, across FMP Rd up the hill and (at right); over the edge toward Cuddy Creek homes.

Grapevine Towing employees worked to drag the Silverado back up to the roadway.

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This is part of the January 29, 2016 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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