Driver is killed after falling asleep, veering off I-5 - San Diego, California Talk Radio Station - 760 KFMB AM - 760kfmb

ENCINITAS (CNS) - A 23-year-old Carlsbad man who apparently fell asleep at the wheel was killed when his car veered off Interstate 5 in Encinitas and struck a tree, the California Highway Patrol said Sunday.

The driver of a 1996 Honda Accord was headed south near Birmingham Drive about 11:15 p.m. Saturday when he was spotted swerving, as if he were falling asleep, before the car went off the shoulder and hit a tree, according to CHP Officer Jim Bettencourt.

The driver, whose name was unavailable, died at the scene.