A driver was charged with careless driving after falling asleep at the wheel and striking another vehicle on Wednesday, July 29 at 10:05 a.m., on Interstate 10 near mile marker 252. According to the Florida Highway Patrol report, Debrorah Kopy, 61, of Wando, South Carolina was traveling in the outside lane in her 2014 Hyundai Veloster behind Herschel Shepard, Jr., 84, of Atlantic Beach, Fl. when she fell asleep. She failed to observe Shepard and struck the rear of his 2008 Honda Civic. Both vehicles were able to safely come to a final rest on the south shoulder of Interstate 10. Neither driver reported injuries. Kopy was charged with careless driving.
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