Two men were allegedly drunk over the weekend when they fell asleep behind the wheel of their vehicles in Aurora.
Police said one man was almost parked on a set of railroad tracks when he was found asleep in his driver’s seat. .
A witness noticed the man asleep in his car near the tracks and called police, reports said.
According to police reports, the man was parked just west of the railroad tracks near Keating Road and Normantown Road around 2:01 a.m. Friday. Police said that when they arrived it took several attempts to wake up Carlos Skenandore, 20, of Naperville, who was asleep in his parked but running vehicle.
When Skenandore did wake up, he allegedly tried to push away officers and attempted to get out of his vehicle. Police ordered Skenandore back into his vehicle in fear that he would get struck by a passing train.
Police reported that Skenandore smelled like alcohol when they approached him. He was subsequently charged with drunken driving.
A second man was charged with drunken driving after he was involved in a two-vehicle crash early Saturday morning in Aurora.
According to Aurora crash reports, Marc Zalik, 24, 3100 West Gresham Lane, Aurora, crashed into a vehicle around 5:07 a.m. near South Eola Road and Village Green Drive. Zalik told police that he fell asleep behind the wheel and woke up in his spinning car.
The driver of the vehicle Zalik struck was treated on the scene. Zalik was charged with drunken driving, police said.
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