Sleepy Driver Takes Plunge Into N. Lauderdale Pool

NORTH LAUDERDALE (CBS4) - Charges are pending against a North Lauderdale man after he fell asleep in his car in his apartment complex parking lot then ended up driving his car right into a pool.

According to BSO spokeswoman Keyla Concepcion, Charles Marckenson, 28, fell asleep in his car in the parking lot of the Park Plaza Apartments located at 8200 SW 23rd Street in North Lauderdale.

Around 5:40 a.m., two deputies found Marckenson asleep in the car with the engine running. The deputies tapped on the window. When he woke up, Marckenson put the car in drive and slowly began to move forward. The deputies moved along with the car and asked him to stop but suddenly, he stepped on the gas and drove right through a small playground inside the apartment complex, through the fence of the adjacent Bay Tree Apartment complex and finally plunged into a common area pool.

The two deputies jumped in the pool, smashed out the car window and helped the driver get out of the car.

North Lauderdale Fire Rescue crews transported Marckenson to University Hospital to be checked out.

Traffic charges are pending as well as toxicology results.