Vic driver asleep in middle of road

A man has been arrested after he was found asleep in a car parked in the middle of a road west of Melbourne.

A Victorian man parked his car in the middle of a busy road and fell asleep while drunk, police say.

They found the 68-year-old man asleep at the wheel of his car, which was parked in the middle of Old Melbourne Road at Ballan, west of Melbourne, on Saturday afternoon.

The man was breath tested and recorded a blood alcohol concentration of 0.253, more than five times the legal limit, they said.

Police say the man will be charged with driving offences.


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