After five days of extreme dieting driver faints at the wheel and hits parked car

Police had to smash one of the windows on the car to get to the unconscious man. Photo: Handout.

BEIJING: A man in southwestern China fainted at the wheel and hit a car after five days of dieting to shed his extra holiday weight, Chinese media reported.

Police in Chengdu, Sichuan province, were called last week after road users reported a Land Rover not moving after the traffic lights turned green at a junction, according to the Chengdu Economic Daily.