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Intoxicated man rolls car, wakes up in field of donkeys

The driver had been drinking and did not know how he ended up in the field of donkeys.

By Aileen Graef
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ROSWELL, N.M., Sept. 17 (UPI) -- An intoxicated man who rolled his car on a highway near Roswell woke up hours later and called police to tell them he was lost in a field of donkeys.

Police received a call at 2:00 a.m. Friday to respond to a one-car rollover, but when they arrived on the scene no one was present. Dispatchers received a call seven hours later from the driver who said he was lost after he got into a car accident that morning. He said he woke up next to some donkeys in a field.

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The man said he and his passenger had been drinking the night before and did not remember what happened. Both of the car's occupants sustained several non-fatal injuries.

The driver received multiple citations, but police have not disclosed the specific charges.

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