Microsleep causes foreign driver to plough car into Melaka eatery


MELAKA: A 27-year-old foreigner who ploughed his car into an eatery at Jalan Bendahara here was experiencing microsleep, says Melaka police.

Melaka Tengah OCPD Asst Comm Christopher Patit said the driver sustained injuries in the incident at 8.40pm on Saturday (March 23) along the stretch of road close to the weekend car-free zone area in Bandar Hilir here.

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