Drowsy driver spurs late-night accident

The ghastly evidence of a drowsy driver's late-night ride gone wrong dismayed and fascinated passersby on the 3600 block of Chestnut Street yesterday. Police refused to provide information on the driver, including details on injuries he received during the accident. A sky-blue Toyota Camry with its hood amputated and its airbags inflated still blocked the sidewalk last night, marking the place where the man swerved and hit three parked cars before ramming into a stone wall early yesterday morning, according to police. A maroon Nissan hit by the Camry remained in the parking lane balanced on its left side nearby. Dried blood and a fallen parking sign also remained on the street. Police found the driver after he swerved into a stone wall on the north side of Chestnut Street at about 3:24 a.m., University Police Sgt. Joseph Risoli said. Police would only reveal that the man was unaffiliated with the University. It appeared that the man had fallen asleep at the wheel, Risoli said. Philadelphia Police officers who were marking the scene yesterday afternoon indicated that the Camry was stolen. But Risoli said University Police had no record of such information. And although both University and Philadelphia police said the Philadelphia Fire Rescue Squad had rushed the man to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, nursing supervisor Nancy Dodd said HUP had no record of an accident victim being admitted to the hospital in the early morning hours. In an unrelated incident Friday morning, a University student was injured after being hit by a car on the 3400 block of Spruce Street. After being taken to HUP, the student was reported in good condition. University Police had no further information on the victim, who was one of two people injured by moving vehicles on campus Friday. An individual unaffiliated with the University was struck by a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority bus on the 3700 block of Spruce Street at about 11:15 a.m.