This is the dramatic moment a driver is believed to have fallen asleep at the wheel before smashing through a police checkpoint. <br /><br />The motorist was seen speeding towards the junction in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand on May 17.<br /><br />But rather than slow down, the driver crashed straight through a wooden white hut that traffic officers normally sit inside to monitor vehicles.<br /><br />Fortunately, the checkpoint in the Pha Muang district of the city was empty at the time and nobody was killed in the collision. <br /><br />Officers are now waiting to interview the driver after he was taken to hospital before police arrived at the scene. <br /><br />Police believe the motorist was either drunk or had nodded off at the wheel. <br /><br />Chiang Mai Provincial Police Traffic Department said in a statement on May 18 that the driver was still being treated in hospital and they had not yet interviewed them.<br /><br />The police force said: ''The car did not reduce its speed and jumped into the middle of the island and hit the traffic police building so hard that the car broke through it.<br /><br />''The driver is expected to be drunk or fell asleep while they were still driving. The cause is being investigated. <br /><br />''The crash happened in the middle of the night so there were no traffic police acting in the fortress at the time. The driver will be responsible for the damages.''
