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Nov 18, 2008 4:17 pm US/Eastern

Sneeze Lands Driver In Drink

ALLSTON (WBZ) ― A pickup truck went off Soldiers Field Road into the Charles River when the driver sneezed, the state Department of Recreation and Conservation said.

The accident happened near North Harvard Street in Allston shortly before 2 p.m.

The truck was submerged, but the driver, Andrew Hansom, 42, of Weymouth, got himself out and swam to shore, State Police said.

Hansom was taken to a hospital as a precaution but appeared to be unhurt, State Police said.

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